X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=net%2Fsched%2FKconfig;h=45d3bc0812c8b270ea95e7a6c21799d6ec42273b;hb=15c42e5a1f0bccb69508059b8ae0720840068b8e;hp=7bac249258e3a32bc91e658deaf1e335077a2b81;hpb=bf82322ec5d5faa8bfd8f163909244d8c6b562d5;p=linux-2.6 diff --git a/net/sched/Kconfig b/net/sched/Kconfig index 7bac249258..45d3bc0812 100644 --- a/net/sched/Kconfig +++ b/net/sched/Kconfig @@ -1,6 +1,43 @@ # # Traffic control configuration. # + +menuconfig NET_SCHED + bool "QoS and/or fair queueing" + ---help--- + When the kernel has several packets to send out over a network + device, it has to decide which ones to send first, which ones to + delay, and which ones to drop. This is the job of the packet + scheduler, and several different algorithms for how to do this + "fairly" have been proposed. + + If you say N here, you will get the standard packet scheduler, which + is a FIFO (first come, first served). If you say Y here, you will be + able to choose from among several alternative algorithms which can + then be attached to different network devices. This is useful for + example if some of your network devices are real time devices that + need a certain minimum data flow rate, or if you need to limit the + maximum data flow rate for traffic which matches specified criteria. + This code is considered to be experimental. + + To administer these schedulers, you'll need the user-level utilities + from the package iproute2+tc at . + That package also contains some documentation; for more, check out + . + + This Quality of Service (QoS) support will enable you to use + Differentiated Services (diffserv) and Resource Reservation Protocol + (RSVP) on your Linux router if you also say Y to "QoS support", + "Packet classifier API" and to some classifiers below. Documentation + and software is at . + + If you say Y here and to "/proc file system" below, you will be able + to read status information about packet schedulers from the file + /proc/net/psched. + + The available schedulers are listed in the following questions; you + can say Y to as many as you like. If unsure, say N now. + choice prompt "Packet scheduler clock source" depends on NET_SCHED @@ -454,6 +491,7 @@ config NET_EMATCH_TEXT depends on NET_EMATCH select TEXTSEARCH select TEXTSEARCH_KMP + select TEXTSEARCH_BM select TEXTSEARCH_FSM ---help--- Say Y here if you want to be ablt to classify packets based on