Token Ring is IBM's way of communication on a local network; the rest of the world uses Ethernet. To participate on a Token Ring network, you need a special Token ring network card. If you are connected to such a Token Ring network and want to use your Token Ring card under Linux, say Y here and to the driver for your particular card below and read the Token-Ring mini-HOWTO, available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Most people can say N here.
This is support for all IBM Token Ring cards that don't use DMA. If you have such a beast, say Y and read the Token-Ring mini-HOWTO, available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Warning: this driver will almost definitely fail if more than one active Token Ring card is present. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called ibmtr.
This is support for all non-Lanstreamer IBM PCI Token Ring Cards. Specifically this is all IBM PCI, PCI Wake On Lan, PCI II, PCI II Wake On Lan, and PCI 100/16/4 adapters. If you have such an adapter, say Y and read the Token-Ring mini-HOWTO, available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called olympic. Also read <file:Documentation/networking/olympic.txt> or check the Linux Token Ring Project site for the latest information at <http://www.linuxtr.net/>.
This is support for IBM Lanstreamer PCI Token Ring Cards. If you have such an adapter, say Y and read the Token-Ring mini-HOWTO, available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called lanstreamer.
This is support for the 3Com PCI Velocity XL cards, specifically the 3Com 3C359, please note this is not for the 3C339 cards, you should use the tms380 driver instead. If you have such an adapter, say Y and read the Token-Ring mini-HOWTO, available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called 3c359. Also read the file <file:Documentation/networking/3c359.txt> or check the Linux Token Ring Project site for the latest information at <http://www.linuxtr.net>
This driver provides generic support for token ring adapters based on the Texas Instruments TMS380 series chipsets. This includes the SysKonnect TR4/16(+) ISA (SK-4190), SysKonnect TR4/16(+) PCI (SK-4590), SysKonnect TR4/16 PCI (SK-4591), Compaq 4/16 PCI, Thomas-Conrad TC4048 4/16 PCI, and several Madge adapters. If you say Y here, you will be asked to select which cards to support below. If you're using modules, each class of card will be supported by a separate module. If you have such an adapter and would like to use it, say Y and read the Token-Ring mini-HOWTO, available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Also read the file <file:Documentation/networking/tms380tr.txt> or check <http://www.auk.cx/tms380tr/>. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called tms380tr.
This tms380 module supports generic TMS380-based PCI cards. These cards are known to work: - Compaq 4/16 TR PCI - SysKonnect TR4/16 PCI (SK-4590/SK-4591) - Thomas-Conrad TC4048 PCI 4/16 - 3Com Token Link Velocity To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called tmspci.
This tms380 module supports SysKonnect TR4/16 ISA cards. These cards are known to work: - SysKonnect TR4/16 ISA (SK-4190) To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called skisa.
This tms380 module supports Proteon ISA cards. These cards are known to work: - Proteon 1392 - Proteon 1392 plus To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called proteon.
This tms380 module supports the Madge Smart 16/4 PCI Mk2 cards (51-02). To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called abyss.
This tms380 module supports the Madge Smart 16/4 MC16 and MC32 MicroChannel adapters. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called madgemc.
This is support for the ISA and MCA SMC Token Ring cards, specifically SMC TokenCard Elite (8115T) and SMC TokenCard Elite/A (8115T/A) adapters. If you have such an adapter and would like to use it, say Y or M and read the Token-Ring mini-HOWTO, available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> and the file <file:Documentation/networking/smctr.txt>. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called smctr.