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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/bonding.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/bridge.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/caif/Linux-CAIF.txt | 91 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/can.txt | 186 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 62 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/openvswitch.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/s2io.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt | 36 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/vxge.txt | 7 |
10 files changed, 299 insertions, 123 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt b/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt index 75a592365af9..8f3ae4a6147e 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt @@ -211,6 +211,11 @@ The debug output can be changed at runtime using the file will enable debug messages for when routes change. +Counters for different types of packets entering and leaving the +batman-adv module are available through ethtool: + +# ethtool --statistics bat0 + BATCTL ------ diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index bfea8a338901..6b1c7110534e 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ options, you may wish to use the "max_bonds" module parameter, documented above. To create multiple bonding devices with differing options, it is -preferrable to use bonding parameters exported by sysfs, documented in the +preferable to use bonding parameters exported by sysfs, documented in the section below. For versions of bonding without sysfs support, the only means to @@ -1950,7 +1950,7 @@ access to fail over to. Additionally, the bonding load balance modes support link monitoring of their members, so if individual links fail, the load will be rebalanced across the remaining devices. - See Section 13, "Configuring Bonding for Maximum Throughput" + See Section 12, "Configuring Bonding for Maximum Throughput" for information on configuring bonding with one peer device. 11.2 High Availability in a Multiple Switch Topology @@ -2620,7 +2620,7 @@ be found at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bonding-devel - Discussions regarding the developpement of the bonding driver take place + Discussions regarding the development of the bonding driver take place on the main Linux network mailing list, hosted at vger.kernel.org. The list address is: diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bridge.txt b/Documentation/networking/bridge.txt index a7ba5e4e2c91..a27cb6214ed7 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bridge.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bridge.txt @@ -1,7 +1,14 @@ In order to use the Ethernet bridging functionality, you'll need the -userspace tools. These programs and documentation are available -at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Net:Bridge. The download page is -http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/bridge. +userspace tools. + +Documentation for Linux bridging is on: + http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/bridge + +The bridge-utilities are maintained at: + git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/bridge-utils.git + +Additionally, the iproute2 utilities can be used to configure +bridge devices. If you still have questions, don't hesitate to post to the mailing list (more info https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge). diff --git a/Documentation/networking/caif/Linux-CAIF.txt b/Documentation/networking/caif/Linux-CAIF.txt index e52fd62bef3a..0aa4bd381bec 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/caif/Linux-CAIF.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/caif/Linux-CAIF.txt @@ -19,60 +19,36 @@ and host. Currently, UART and Loopback are available for Linux. Architecture: ------------ The implementation of CAIF is divided into: -* CAIF Socket Layer, Kernel API, and Net Device. +* CAIF Socket Layer and GPRS IP Interface. * CAIF Core Protocol Implementation * CAIF Link Layer, implemented as NET devices. RTNL ! - ! +------+ +------+ +------+ - ! +------+! +------+! +------+! - ! ! Sock !! !Kernel!! ! Net !! - ! ! API !+ ! API !+ ! Dev !+ <- CAIF Client APIs - ! +------+ +------! +------+ - ! ! ! ! - ! +----------!----------+ - ! +------+ <- CAIF Protocol Implementation - +-------> ! CAIF ! - ! Core ! - +------+ - +--------!--------+ - ! ! - +------+ +-----+ - ! ! ! TTY ! <- Link Layer (Net Devices) - +------+ +-----+ - - -Using the Kernel API ----------------------- -The Kernel API is used for accessing CAIF channels from the -kernel. -The user of the API has to implement two callbacks for receive -and control. -The receive callback gives a CAIF packet as a SKB. The control -callback will -notify of channel initialization complete, and flow-on/flow- -off. - - - struct caif_device caif_dev = { - .caif_config = { - .name = "MYDEV" - .type = CAIF_CHTY_AT - } - .receive_cb = my_receive, - .control_cb = my_control, - }; - caif_add_device(&caif_dev); - caif_transmit(&caif_dev, skb); - -See the caif_kernel.h for details about the CAIF kernel API. + ! +------+ +------+ + ! +------+! +------+! + ! ! IP !! !Socket!! + +-------> !interf!+ ! API !+ <- CAIF Client APIs + ! +------+ +------! + ! ! ! + ! +-----------+ + ! ! + ! +------+ <- CAIF Core Protocol + ! ! CAIF ! + ! ! Core ! + ! +------+ + ! +----------!---------+ + ! ! ! ! + ! +------+ +-----+ +------+ + +--> ! HSI ! ! TTY ! ! USB ! <- Link Layer (Net Devices) + +------+ +-----+ +------+ + I M P L E M E N T A T I O N =========================== -=========================== + CAIF Core Protocol Layer ========================================= @@ -88,17 +64,13 @@ The Core CAIF implementation contains: - Simple implementation of CAIF. - Layered architecture (a la Streams), each layer in the CAIF specification is implemented in a separate c-file. - - Clients must implement PHY layer to access physical HW - with receive and transmit functions. - Clients must call configuration function to add PHY layer. - Clients must implement CAIF layer to consume/produce CAIF payload with receive and transmit functions. - Clients must call configuration function to add and connect the Client layer. - When receiving / transmitting CAIF Packets (cfpkt), ownership is passed - to the called function (except for framing layers' receive functions - or if a transmit function returns an error, in which case the caller - must free the packet). + to the called function (except for framing layers' receive function) Layered Architecture -------------------- @@ -109,11 +81,6 @@ Implementation. The support functions include: CAIF Packet has functions for creating, destroying and adding content and for adding/extracting header and trailers to protocol packets. - - CFLST CAIF list implementation. - - - CFGLUE CAIF Glue. Contains OS Specifics, such as memory - allocation, endianness, etc. - The CAIF Protocol implementation contains: - CFCNFG CAIF Configuration layer. Configures the CAIF Protocol @@ -128,7 +95,7 @@ The CAIF Protocol implementation contains: control and remote shutdown requests. - CFVEI CAIF VEI layer. Handles CAIF AT Channels on VEI (Virtual - External Interface). This layer encodes/decodes VEI frames. + External Interface). This layer encodes/decodes VEI frames. - CFDGML CAIF Datagram layer. Handles CAIF Datagram layer (IP traffic), encodes/decodes Datagram frames. @@ -170,7 +137,7 @@ The CAIF Protocol implementation contains: +---------+ +---------+ ! ! +---------+ +---------+ - | | | Serial | + | | | Serial | | | | CFSERL | +---------+ +---------+ @@ -186,24 +153,20 @@ In this layered approach the following "rules" apply. layer->dn->transmit(layer->dn, packet); -Linux Driver Implementation +CAIF Socket and IP interface =========================== -Linux GPRS Net Device and CAIF socket are implemented on top of the -CAIF Core protocol. The Net device and CAIF socket have an instance of +The IP interface and CAIF socket API are implemented on top of the +CAIF Core protocol. The IP Interface and CAIF socket have an instance of 'struct cflayer', just like the CAIF Core protocol stack. Net device and Socket implement the 'receive()' function defined by 'struct cflayer', just like the rest of the CAIF stack. In this way, transmit and receive of packets is handled as by the rest of the layers: the 'dn->transmit()' function is called in order to transmit data. -The layer on top of the CAIF Core implementation is -sometimes referred to as the "Client layer". - - Configuration of Link Layer --------------------------- -The Link Layer is implemented as Linux net devices (struct net_device). +The Link Layer is implemented as Linux network devices (struct net_device). Payload handling and registration is done using standard Linux mechanisms. The CAIF Protocol relies on a loss-less link layer without implementing diff --git a/Documentation/networking/can.txt b/Documentation/networking/can.txt index ac295399f0d4..820f55344edc 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/can.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/can.txt @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ This file contains 4.1.2 RAW socket option CAN_RAW_ERR_FILTER 4.1.3 RAW socket option CAN_RAW_LOOPBACK 4.1.4 RAW socket option CAN_RAW_RECV_OWN_MSGS - 4.1.5 RAW socket returned message flags + 4.1.5 RAW socket option CAN_RAW_FD_FRAMES + 4.1.6 RAW socket returned message flags 4.2 Broadcast Manager protocol sockets (SOCK_DGRAM) 4.3 connected transport protocols (SOCK_SEQPACKET) 4.4 unconnected transport protocols (SOCK_DGRAM) @@ -41,7 +42,8 @@ This file contains 6.5.1 Netlink interface to set/get devices properties 6.5.2 Setting the CAN bit-timing 6.5.3 Starting and stopping the CAN network device - 6.6 supported CAN hardware + 6.6 CAN FD (flexible data rate) driver support + 6.7 supported CAN hardware 7 Socket CAN resources @@ -232,16 +234,16 @@ solution for a couple of reasons: arbitration problems and error frames caused by the different ECUs. The occurrence of detected errors are important for diagnosis and have to be logged together with the exact timestamp. For this - reason the CAN interface driver can generate so called Error Frames - that can optionally be passed to the user application in the same - way as other CAN frames. Whenever an error on the physical layer + reason the CAN interface driver can generate so called Error Message + Frames that can optionally be passed to the user application in the + same way as other CAN frames. Whenever an error on the physical layer or the MAC layer is detected (e.g. by the CAN controller) the driver - creates an appropriate error frame. Error frames can be requested by - the user application using the common CAN filter mechanisms. Inside - this filter definition the (interested) type of errors may be - selected. The reception of error frames is disabled by default. - The format of the CAN error frame is briefly described in the Linux - header file "include/linux/can/error.h". + creates an appropriate error message frame. Error messages frames can + be requested by the user application using the common CAN filter + mechanisms. Inside this filter definition the (interested) type of + errors may be selected. The reception of error messages is disabled + by default. The format of the CAN error message frame is briefly + described in the Linux header file "include/linux/can/error.h". 4. How to use Socket CAN ------------------------ @@ -273,7 +275,7 @@ solution for a couple of reasons: struct can_frame { canid_t can_id; /* 32 bit CAN_ID + EFF/RTR/ERR flags */ - __u8 can_dlc; /* data length code: 0 .. 8 */ + __u8 can_dlc; /* frame payload length in byte (0 .. 8) */ __u8 data[8] __attribute__((aligned(8))); }; @@ -375,6 +377,51 @@ solution for a couple of reasons: nbytes = sendto(s, &frame, sizeof(struct can_frame), 0, (struct sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof(addr)); + Remark about CAN FD (flexible data rate) support: + + Generally the handling of CAN FD is very similar to the formerly described + examples. The new CAN FD capable CAN controllers support two different + bitrates for the arbitration phase and the payload phase of the CAN FD frame + and up to 64 bytes of payload. This extended payload length breaks all the + kernel interfaces (ABI) which heavily rely on the CAN frame with fixed eight + bytes of payload (struct can_frame) like the CAN_RAW socket. Therefore e.g. + the CAN_RAW socket supports a new socket option CAN_RAW_FD_FRAMES that + switches the socket into a mode that allows the handling of CAN FD frames + and (legacy) CAN frames simultaneously (see section 4.1.5). + + The struct canfd_frame is defined in include/linux/can.h: + + struct canfd_frame { + canid_t can_id; /* 32 bit CAN_ID + EFF/RTR/ERR flags */ + __u8 len; /* frame payload length in byte (0 .. 64) */ + __u8 flags; /* additional flags for CAN FD */ + __u8 __res0; /* reserved / padding */ + __u8 __res1; /* reserved / padding */ + __u8 data[64] __attribute__((aligned(8))); + }; + + The struct canfd_frame and the existing struct can_frame have the can_id, + the payload length and the payload data at the same offset inside their + structures. This allows to handle the different structures very similar. + When the content of a struct can_frame is copied into a struct canfd_frame + all structure elements can be used as-is - only the data[] becomes extended. + + When introducing the struct canfd_frame it turned out that the data length + code (DLC) of the struct can_frame was used as a length information as the + length and the DLC has a 1:1 mapping in the range of 0 .. 8. To preserve + the easy handling of the length information the canfd_frame.len element + contains a plain length value from 0 .. 64. So both canfd_frame.len and + can_frame.can_dlc are equal and contain a length information and no DLC. + For details about the distinction of CAN and CAN FD capable devices and + the mapping to the bus-relevant data length code (DLC), see chapter 6.6. + + The length of the two CAN(FD) frame structures define the maximum transfer + unit (MTU) of the CAN(FD) network interface and skbuff data length. Two + definitions are specified for CAN specific MTUs in include/linux/can.h : + + #define CAN_MTU (sizeof(struct can_frame)) == 16 => 'legacy' CAN frame + #define CANFD_MTU (sizeof(struct canfd_frame)) == 72 => CAN FD frame + 4.1 RAW protocol sockets with can_filters (SOCK_RAW) Using CAN_RAW sockets is extensively comparable to the commonly @@ -383,7 +430,7 @@ solution for a couple of reasons: defaults are set at RAW socket binding time: - The filters are set to exactly one filter receiving everything - - The socket only receives valid data frames (=> no error frames) + - The socket only receives valid data frames (=> no error message frames) - The loopback of sent CAN frames is enabled (see chapter 3.2) - The socket does not receive its own sent frames (in loopback mode) @@ -434,7 +481,7 @@ solution for a couple of reasons: 4.1.2 RAW socket option CAN_RAW_ERR_FILTER As described in chapter 3.4 the CAN interface driver can generate so - called Error Frames that can optionally be passed to the user + called Error Message Frames that can optionally be passed to the user application in the same way as other CAN frames. The possible errors are divided into different error classes that may be filtered using the appropriate error mask. To register for every possible @@ -472,7 +519,69 @@ solution for a couple of reasons: setsockopt(s, SOL_CAN_RAW, CAN_RAW_RECV_OWN_MSGS, &recv_own_msgs, sizeof(recv_own_msgs)); - 4.1.5 RAW socket returned message flags + 4.1.5 RAW socket option CAN_RAW_FD_FRAMES + + CAN FD support in CAN_RAW sockets can be enabled with a new socket option + CAN_RAW_FD_FRAMES which is off by default. When the new socket option is + not supported by the CAN_RAW socket (e.g. on older kernels), switching the + CAN_RAW_FD_FRAMES option returns the error -ENOPROTOOPT. + + Once CAN_RAW_FD_FRAMES is enabled the application can send both CAN frames + and CAN FD frames. OTOH the application has to handle CAN and CAN FD frames + when reading from the socket. + + CAN_RAW_FD_FRAMES enabled: CAN_MTU and CANFD_MTU are allowed + CAN_RAW_FD_FRAMES disabled: only CAN_MTU is allowed (default) + + Example: + [ remember: CANFD_MTU == sizeof(struct canfd_frame) ] + + struct canfd_frame cfd; + + nbytes = read(s, &cfd, CANFD_MTU); + + if (nbytes == CANFD_MTU) { + printf("got CAN FD frame with length %d\n", cfd.len); + /* cfd.flags contains valid data */ + } else if (nbytes == CAN_MTU) { + printf("got legacy CAN frame with length %d\n", cfd.len); + /* cfd.flags is undefined */ + } else { + fprintf(stderr, "read: invalid CAN(FD) frame\n"); + return 1; + } + + /* the content can be handled independently from the received MTU size */ + + printf("can_id: %X data length: %d data: ", cfd.can_id, cfd.len); + for (i = 0; i < cfd.len; i++) + printf("%02X ", cfd.data[i]); + + When reading with size CANFD_MTU only returns CAN_MTU bytes that have + been received from the socket a legacy CAN frame has been read into the + provided CAN FD structure. Note that the canfd_frame.flags data field is + not specified in the struct can_frame and therefore it is only valid in + CANFD_MTU sized CAN FD frames. + + As long as the payload length is <=8 the received CAN frames from CAN FD + capable CAN devices can be received and read by legacy sockets too. When + user-generated CAN FD frames have a payload length <=8 these can be send + by legacy CAN network interfaces too. Sending CAN FD frames with payload + length > 8 to a legacy CAN network interface returns an -EMSGSIZE error. + + Implementation hint for new CAN applications: + + To build a CAN FD aware application use struct canfd_frame as basic CAN + data structure for CAN_RAW based applications. When the application is + executed on an older Linux kernel and switching the CAN_RAW_FD_FRAMES + socket option returns an error: No problem. You'll get legacy CAN frames + or CAN FD frames and can process them the same way. + + When sending to CAN devices make sure that the device is capable to handle + CAN FD frames by checking if the device maximum transfer unit is CANFD_MTU. + The CAN device MTU can be retrieved e.g. with a SIOCGIFMTU ioctl() syscall. + + 4.1.6 RAW socket returned message flags When using recvmsg() call, the msg->msg_flags may contain following flags: @@ -527,7 +636,7 @@ solution for a couple of reasons: rcvlist_all - list for unfiltered entries (no filter operations) rcvlist_eff - list for single extended frame (EFF) entries - rcvlist_err - list for error frames masks + rcvlist_err - list for error message frames masks rcvlist_fil - list for mask/value filters rcvlist_inv - list for mask/value filters (inverse semantic) rcvlist_sff - list for single standard frame (SFF) entries @@ -573,10 +682,13 @@ solution for a couple of reasons: dev->type = ARPHRD_CAN; /* the netdevice hardware type */ dev->flags = IFF_NOARP; /* CAN has no arp */ - dev->mtu = sizeof(struct can_frame); + dev->mtu = CAN_MTU; /* sizeof(struct can_frame) -> legacy CAN interface */ - The struct can_frame is the payload of each socket buffer in the - protocol family PF_CAN. + or alternative, when the controller supports CAN with flexible data rate: + dev->mtu = CANFD_MTU; /* sizeof(struct canfd_frame) -> CAN FD interface */ + + The struct can_frame or struct canfd_frame is the payload of each socket + buffer (skbuff) in the protocol family PF_CAN. 6.2 local loopback of sent frames @@ -784,15 +896,41 @@ solution for a couple of reasons: $ ip link set canX type can restart-ms 100 Alternatively, the application may realize the "bus-off" condition - by monitoring CAN error frames and do a restart when appropriate with - the command: + by monitoring CAN error message frames and do a restart when + appropriate with the command: $ ip link set canX type can restart - Note that a restart will also create a CAN error frame (see also - chapter 3.4). + Note that a restart will also create a CAN error message frame (see + also chapter 3.4). + + 6.6 CAN FD (flexible data rate) driver support + + CAN FD capable CAN controllers support two different bitrates for the + arbitration phase and the payload phase of the CAN FD frame. Therefore a + second bittiming has to be specified in order to enable the CAN FD bitrate. + + Additionally CAN FD capable CAN controllers support up to 64 bytes of + payload. The representation of this length in can_frame.can_dlc and + canfd_frame.len for userspace applications and inside the Linux network + layer is a plain value from 0 .. 64 instead of the CAN 'data length code'. + The data length code was a 1:1 mapping to the payload length in the legacy + CAN frames anyway. The payload length to the bus-relevant DLC mapping is + only performed inside the CAN drivers, preferably with the helper + functions can_dlc2len() and can_len2dlc(). + + The CAN netdevice driver capabilities can be distinguished by the network + devices maximum transfer unit (MTU): + + MTU = 16 (CAN_MTU) => sizeof(struct can_frame) => 'legacy' CAN device + MTU = 72 (CANFD_MTU) => sizeof(struct canfd_frame) => CAN FD capable device + + The CAN device MTU can be retrieved e.g. with a SIOCGIFMTU ioctl() syscall. + N.B. CAN FD capable devices can also handle and send legacy CAN frames. + + FIXME: Add details about the CAN FD controller configuration when available. - 6.6 Supported CAN hardware + 6.7 Supported CAN hardware Please check the "Kconfig" file in "drivers/net/can" to get an actual list of the support CAN hardware. On the Socket CAN project website diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 6f896b94abdc..406a5226220d 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -468,6 +468,19 @@ tcp_syncookies - BOOLEAN SYN flood warnings in logs not being really flooded, your server is seriously misconfigured. +tcp_fastopen - INTEGER + Enable TCP Fast Open feature (draft-ietf-tcpm-fastopen) to send data + in the opening SYN packet. To use this feature, the client application + must not use connect(). Instead, it should use sendmsg() or sendto() + with MSG_FASTOPEN flag which performs a TCP handshake automatically. + + The values (bitmap) are: + 1: Enables sending data in the opening SYN on the client + 5: Enables sending data in the opening SYN on the client regardless + of cookie availability. + + Default: 0 + tcp_syn_retries - INTEGER Number of times initial SYNs for an active TCP connection attempt will be retransmitted. Should not be higher than 255. Default value @@ -551,6 +564,25 @@ tcp_thin_dupack - BOOLEAN Documentation/networking/tcp-thin.txt Default: 0 +tcp_limit_output_bytes - INTEGER + Controls TCP Small Queue limit per tcp socket. + TCP bulk sender tends to increase packets in flight until it + gets losses notifications. With SNDBUF autotuning, this can + result in a large amount of packets queued in qdisc/device + on the local machine, hurting latency of other flows, for + typical pfifo_fast qdiscs. + tcp_limit_output_bytes limits the number of bytes on qdisc + or device to reduce artificial RTT/cwnd and reduce bufferbloat. + Note: For GSO/TSO enabled flows, we try to have at least two + packets in flight. Reducing tcp_limit_output_bytes might also + reduce the size of individual GSO packet (64KB being the max) + Default: 131072 + +tcp_challenge_ack_limit - INTEGER + Limits number of Challenge ACK sent per second, as recommended + in RFC 5961 (Improving TCP's Robustness to Blind In-Window Attacks) + Default: 100 + UDP variables: udp_mem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, pressure, max @@ -857,9 +889,19 @@ accept_source_route - BOOLEAN FALSE (host) accept_local - BOOLEAN - Accept packets with local source addresses. In combination with - suitable routing, this can be used to direct packets between two - local interfaces over the wire and have them accepted properly. + Accept packets with local source addresses. In combination + with suitable routing, this can be used to direct packets + between two local interfaces over the wire and have them + accepted properly. + + rp_filter must be set to a non-zero value in order for + accept_local to have an effect. + + default FALSE + +route_localnet - BOOLEAN + Do not consider loopback addresses as martian source or destination + while routing. This enables the use of 127/8 for local routing purposes. default FALSE rp_filter - INTEGER @@ -1398,6 +1440,20 @@ path_max_retrans - INTEGER Default: 5 +pf_retrans - INTEGER + The number of retransmissions that will be attempted on a given path + before traffic is redirected to an alternate transport (should one + exist). Note this is distinct from path_max_retrans, as a path that + passes the pf_retrans threshold can still be used. Its only + deprioritized when a transmission path is selected by the stack. This + setting is primarily used to enable fast failover mechanisms without + having to reduce path_max_retrans to a very low value. See: + http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-nishida-tsvwg-sctp-failover-05.txt + for details. Note also that a value of pf_retrans > path_max_retrans + disables this feature + + Default: 0 + rto_initial - INTEGER The initial round trip timeout value in milliseconds that will be used in calculating round trip times. This is the initial time interval diff --git a/Documentation/networking/openvswitch.txt b/Documentation/networking/openvswitch.txt index b8a048b8df3a..8fa2dd1e792e 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/openvswitch.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/openvswitch.txt @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ essentially like this, ignoring metadata: Naively, to add VLAN support, it makes sense to add a new "vlan" flow key attribute to contain the VLAN tag, then continue to decode the encapsulated headers beyond the VLAN tag using the existing field -definitions. With this change, an TCP packet in VLAN 10 would have a +definitions. With this change, a TCP packet in VLAN 10 would have a flow key much like this: eth(...), vlan(vid=10, pcp=0), eth_type(0x0800), ip(proto=6, ...), tcp(...) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/s2io.txt b/Documentation/networking/s2io.txt index 4be0c039edbc..d2a9f43b5546 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/s2io.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/s2io.txt @@ -136,16 +136,6 @@ For more information, please review the AMD8131 errata at http://vip.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/ 26310_AMD-8131_HyperTransport_PCI-X_Tunnel_Revision_Guide_rev_3_18.pdf -6. Available Downloads -Neterion "s2io" driver in Red Hat and Suse 2.6-based distributions is kept up -to date, also the latest "s2io" code (including support for 2.4 kernels) is -available via "Support" link on the Neterion site: http://www.neterion.com. - -For Xframe User Guide (Programming manual), visit ftp site ns1.s2io.com, -user: linuxdocs password: HALdocs - -7. Support +6. Support For further support please contact either your 10GbE Xframe NIC vendor (IBM, -HP, SGI etc.) or click on the "Support" link on the Neterion site: -http://www.neterion.com. - +HP, SGI etc.) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt b/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt index 5cb9a1972460..c676b9cedbd0 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt @@ -257,9 +257,11 @@ reset procedure etc). o Makefile o stmmac_main.c: main network device driver; o stmmac_mdio.c: mdio functions; + o stmmac_pci: PCI driver; + o stmmac_platform.c: platform driver o stmmac_ethtool.c: ethtool support; o stmmac_timer.[ch]: timer code used for mitigating the driver dma interrupts - Only tested on ST40 platforms based. + (only tested on ST40 platforms based); o stmmac.h: private driver structure; o common.h: common definitions and VFTs; o descs.h: descriptor structure definitions; @@ -269,9 +271,11 @@ reset procedure etc). o dwmac100_core: MAC 100 core and dma code; o dwmac100_dma.c: dma funtions for the MAC chip; o dwmac1000.h: specific header file for the MAC; - o dwmac_lib.c: generic DMA functions shared among chips - o enh_desc.c: functions for handling enhanced descriptors - o norm_desc.c: functions for handling normal descriptors + o dwmac_lib.c: generic DMA functions shared among chips; + o enh_desc.c: functions for handling enhanced descriptors; + o norm_desc.c: functions for handling normal descriptors; + o chain_mode.c/ring_mode.c:: functions to manage RING/CHAINED modes; + o mmc_core.c/mmc.h: Management MAC Counters; 5) Debug Information @@ -304,7 +308,27 @@ All these are only useful during the developing stage and should never enabled inside the code for general usage. In fact, these can generate an huge amount of debug messages. -6) TODO: +6) Energy Efficient Ethernet + +Energy Efficient Ethernet(EEE) enables IEEE 802.3 MAC sublayer along +with a family of Physical layer to operate in the Low power Idle(LPI) +mode. The EEE mode supports the IEEE 802.3 MAC operation at 100Mbps, +1000Mbps & 10Gbps. + +The LPI mode allows power saving by switching off parts of the +communication device functionality when there is no data to be +transmitted & received. The system on both the side of the link can +disable some functionalities & save power during the period of low-link +utilization. The MAC controls whether the system should enter or exit +the LPI mode & communicate this to PHY. + +As soon as the interface is opened, the driver verifies if the EEE can +be supported. This is done by looking at both the DMA HW capability +register and the PHY devices MCD registers. +To enter in Tx LPI mode the driver needs to have a software timer +that enable and disable the LPI mode when there is nothing to be +transmitted. + +7) TODO: o XGMAC is not supported. - o Add the EEE - Energy Efficient Ethernet o Add the PTP - precision time protocol diff --git a/Documentation/networking/vxge.txt b/Documentation/networking/vxge.txt index d2e2997e6fa0..bb76c667a476 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/vxge.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/vxge.txt @@ -91,10 +91,3 @@ v) addr_learn_en virtualization environment. Valid range: 0,1 (disabled, enabled respectively) Default: 0 - -4) Troubleshooting: -------------------- - -To resolve an issue with the source code or X3100 series adapter, please collect -the statistics, register dumps using ethool, relevant logs and email them to -support@neterion.com. |