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author | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2008-12-30 08:02:35 +1030 |
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committer | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2008-12-30 08:02:35 +1030 |
commit | 33edcf133ba93ecba2e4b6472e97b689895d805c (patch) | |
tree | 327d7a20acef64005e7c5ccbfa1265be28aeb6ac /net/dcb/Kconfig | |
parent | be4d638c1597580ed2294d899d9f1a2cd10e462c (diff) | |
parent | 3c92ec8ae91ecf59d88c798301833d7cf83f2179 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
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diff --git a/net/dcb/Kconfig b/net/dcb/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4066d59 --- /dev/null +++ b/net/dcb/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +config DCB + bool "Data Center Bridging support" + default n + ---help--- + This enables support for configuring Data Center Bridging (DCB) + features on DCB capable Ethernet adapters via rtnetlink. Say 'Y' + if you have a DCB capable Ethernet adapter which supports this + interface and you are connected to a DCB capable switch. + + DCB is a collection of Ethernet enhancements which allow DCB capable + NICs and switches to support network traffic with differing + requirements (highly reliable, no drops vs. best effort vs. low + latency) to co-exist on Ethernet. + + DCB features include: + Enhanced Transmission Selection (aka Priority Grouping) - provides a + framework for assigning bandwidth guarantees to traffic classes. + Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) - a MAC control pause frame which + works at the granularity of the 802.1p priority instead of the + link (802.3x). + + If unsure, say N. |