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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt | 68 |
2 files changed, 48 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index b3345d0fe0a6..77f4de59dc9c 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -1680,6 +1680,9 @@ accept_dad - INTEGER 2: Enable DAD, and disable IPv6 operation if MAC-based duplicate link-local address has been found. + DAD operation and mode on a given interface will be selected according + to the maximum value of conf/{all,interface}/accept_dad. + force_tllao - BOOLEAN Enable sending the target link-layer address option even when responding to a unicast neighbor solicitation. @@ -1727,16 +1730,23 @@ suppress_frag_ndisc - INTEGER optimistic_dad - BOOLEAN Whether to perform Optimistic Duplicate Address Detection (RFC 4429). - 0: disabled (default) - 1: enabled + 0: disabled (default) + 1: enabled + + Optimistic Duplicate Address Detection for the interface will be enabled + if at least one of conf/{all,interface}/optimistic_dad is set to 1, + it will be disabled otherwise. use_optimistic - BOOLEAN If enabled, do not classify optimistic addresses as deprecated during source address selection. Preferred addresses will still be chosen before optimistic addresses, subject to other ranking in the source address selection algorithm. - 0: disabled (default) - 1: enabled + 0: disabled (default) + 1: enabled + + This will be enabled if at least one of + conf/{all,interface}/use_optimistic is set to 1, disabled otherwise. stable_secret - IPv6 address This IPv6 address will be used as a secret to generate IPv6 diff --git a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt index 5e40e1f68873..82236a17b5e6 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt @@ -13,42 +13,42 @@ an example setup using a data-center-class switch ASIC chip. Other setups with SR-IOV or soft switches, such as OVS, are possible. - User-space tools - - user space | - +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ - kernel | Netlink - | - +--------------+-------------------------------+ - | Network stack | - | (Linux) | - | | - +----------------------------------------------+ + User-space tools + + user space | + +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ + kernel | Netlink + | + +--------------+-------------------------------+ + | Network stack | + | (Linux) | + | | + +----------------------------------------------+ sw1p2 sw1p4 sw1p6 - sw1p1 + sw1p3 + sw1p5 + eth1 - + | + | + | + - | | | | | | | - +--+----+----+----+-+--+----+---+ +-----+-----+ - | Switch driver | | mgmt | - | (this document) | | driver | - | | | | - +--------------+----------------+ +-----------+ - | - kernel | HW bus (eg PCI) - +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ - hardware | - +--------------+---+------------+ - | Switch device (sw1) | - | +----+ +--------+ - | | v offloaded data path | mgmt port - | | | | - +--|----|----+----+----+----+---+ - | | | | | | - + + + + + + - p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 - - front-panel ports + sw1p1 + sw1p3 + sw1p5 + eth1 + + | + | + | + + | | | | | | | + +--+----+----+----+----+----+---+ +-----+-----+ + | Switch driver | | mgmt | + | (this document) | | driver | + | | | | + +--------------+----------------+ +-----------+ + | + kernel | HW bus (eg PCI) + +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ + hardware | + +--------------+----------------+ + | Switch device (sw1) | + | +----+ +--------+ + | | v offloaded data path | mgmt port + | | | | + +--|----|----+----+----+----+---+ + | | | | | | + + + + + + + + p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 + + front-panel ports Fig 1. |