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

.. _choice_581:

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

*Network packet data allocator type*

Type: ``bool``

Help
====

.. code-block:: none

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

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

\ :kconfig:`NETWORKING <CONFIG_NETWORKING>`

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

Default
=======

- \ :kconfig:`NET_BUF_FIXED_DATA_SIZE <CONFIG_NET_BUF_FIXED_DATA_SIZE>`

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

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

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



At ``<Zephyr Subsystem>/net/ip/Kconfig:651``

Included via ``Kconfig:8`` → ``Kconfig.zephyr:44`` → ``<Zephyr Subsystem>/Kconfig:39`` → ``<Zephyr Subsystem>/net/Kconfig:87``

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

.. code-block:: kconfig

    choice
    	bool "Network packet data allocator type"
    	default NET_BUF_FIXED_DATA_SIZE
    	depends on 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.)*