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.. title:: choice: Network packet data allocator type

.. _choice_419:

.. describe:: choice: Network packet data allocator type

*Network packet data allocator type*

Type: ``bool``

Help
====

Select the memory allocator for the network buffers that hold the
packet data.

Direct dependencies
===================

\ :option:`NETWORKING <CONFIG_NETWORKING>`

*(Includes any dependencies from ifs and menus.)*

Default
=======

- \ :option:`NET_BUF_FIXED_DATA_SIZE <CONFIG_NET_BUF_FIXED_DATA_SIZE>`

Choice options
==============

- \ :option:`NET_BUF_FIXED_DATA_SIZE <CONFIG_NET_BUF_FIXED_DATA_SIZE>`
- \ :option:`NET_BUF_VARIABLE_DATA_SIZE <CONFIG_NET_BUF_VARIABLE_DATA_SIZE>`

Kconfig definition
==================

.. highlight:: kconfig

At ``subsys/net/ip/Kconfig:632``

Included via ``Kconfig:8`` → ``Kconfig.zephyr:34`` → ``subsys/Kconfig:37`` → ``subsys/net/Kconfig:87``

Menu path: (Top) → Sub Systems and OS Services → Networking → Link layer and IP networking support → IP stack

.. parsed-literal::

    choice
    	bool "Network packet data allocator type"
    	default \ :option:`NET_BUF_FIXED_DATA_SIZE <CONFIG_NET_BUF_FIXED_DATA_SIZE>`
    	depends on \ :option:`NETWORKING <CONFIG_NETWORKING>`
    	help
    	  Select the memory allocator for the network buffers that hold the
    	  packet data.

*(The 'depends on' condition includes propagated dependencies from ifs and menus.)*