diff --git a/net/rds/Kconfig b/net/rds/Kconfig
index 796773b..ec753b3 100644
--- a/net/rds/Kconfig
+++ b/net/rds/Kconfig
@@ -1,14 +1,28 @@
 
 config RDS
-	tristate "Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
-	depends on INET && INFINIBAND_IPOIB && EXPERIMENTAL
-	depends on INFINIBAND && INFINIBAND_ADDR_TRANS
+	tristate "The RDS Protocol (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
 	---help---
-	  RDS provides reliable, sequenced delivery of datagrams
-	  over Infiniband.
+	  The RDS (Reliable Datagram Sockets) protocol provides reliable,
+	  sequenced delivery of datagrams over Infiniband, iWARP,
+	  or TCP.
+
+config RDS_RDMA
+	tristate "RDS over Infiniband and iWARP"
+	depends on RDS && INFINIBAND && INFINIBAND_ADDR_TRANS
+	---help---
+	  Allow RDS to use Infiniband and iWARP as a transport.
+	  This transport supports RDMA operations.
+
+config RDS_TCP
+	tristate "RDS over TCP"
+	depends on RDS
+	---help---
+	  Allow RDS to use TCP as a transport.
+	  This transport does not support RDMA operations.
 
 config RDS_DEBUG
-        bool "Debugging messages"
+        bool "RDS debugging messages"
 	depends on RDS
         default n
 
diff --git a/net/rds/Makefile b/net/rds/Makefile
index 51f2758..b46eca1 100644
--- a/net/rds/Makefile
+++ b/net/rds/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_RDS) += rds.o
 rds-y :=	af_rds.o bind.o cong.o connection.o info.o message.o   \
 			recv.o send.o stats.o sysctl.o threads.o transport.o \
-			loop.o page.o rdma.o \
-			rdma_transport.o \
+			loop.o page.o rdma.o
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_RDS_RDMA) += rds_rdma.o
+rds_rdma-objs :=	rdma_transport.o \
 			ib.o ib_cm.o ib_recv.o ib_ring.o ib_send.o ib_stats.o \
 			ib_sysctl.o ib_rdma.o \
 			iw.o iw_cm.o iw_recv.o iw_ring.o iw_send.o iw_stats.o \
 			iw_sysctl.o iw_rdma.o
 
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_RDS_TCP) += rds_tcp.o
+rds_tcp-objs :=		tcp.o tcp_connect.o tcp_listen.o tcp_recv.o \
+			tcp_send.o tcp_stats.o
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RDS_DEBUG), y)
 EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DDEBUG
 endif
diff --git a/net/rds/af_rds.c b/net/rds/af_rds.c
index b11e7e5..108ed2e 100644
--- a/net/rds/af_rds.c
+++ b/net/rds/af_rds.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 
 #include "rds.h"
 #include "rdma.h"
-#include "rdma_transport.h"
 
 /* this is just used for stats gathering :/ */
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(rds_sock_lock);
@@ -509,7 +508,6 @@
 
 static void __exit rds_exit(void)
 {
-	rds_rdma_exit();
 	sock_unregister(rds_family_ops.family);
 	proto_unregister(&rds_proto);
 	rds_conn_exit();
@@ -549,14 +547,8 @@
 	rds_info_register_func(RDS_INFO_SOCKETS, rds_sock_info);
 	rds_info_register_func(RDS_INFO_RECV_MESSAGES, rds_sock_inc_info);
 
-	/* ib/iwarp transports currently compiled-in */
-	ret = rds_rdma_init();
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_sock;
 	goto out;
 
-out_sock:
-	sock_unregister(rds_family_ops.family);
 out_proto:
 	proto_unregister(&rds_proto);
 out_stats:
diff --git a/net/rds/rdma_transport.c b/net/rds/rdma_transport.c
index 7a6c748..9ece910 100644
--- a/net/rds/rdma_transport.c
+++ b/net/rds/rdma_transport.c
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
+module_init(rds_rdma_init);
 
 void rds_rdma_exit(void)
 {
@@ -211,4 +212,9 @@
 	rds_ib_exit();
 	rds_iw_exit();
 }
+module_exit(rds_rdma_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Oracle Corporation <rds-devel@oss.oracle.com>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("RDS: IB/iWARP transport");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");