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CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND: Xen network device frontend driver

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND:

• prompt: Xen network device frontend driver
• type: tristate
• depends on: CONFIG_XEN
• defined in drivers/net/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.23–2.6.39, 3.0–3.9, 3.10-rc+HEAD
• modules built: xen-netfront

Help text

This driver provides support for Xen paravirtual network devices exported by a Xen network driver domain (often domain 0).

The corresponding Linux backend driver is enabled by the XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND option.

If you are compiling a kernel for use as Xen guest, you should say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module will be called xen-netfront.

Hardware

LKDDb

Raw data from LKDDb:

• lkddb module xen-netfront CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND : drivers/net/Kconfig : "Xen network device frontend driver"

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