From: David Decotigny <david.decotigny@google.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>,
Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>,
Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>,
Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>,
Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
Szymon Janc <szymon@janc.net.pl>,
Richard Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com>,
Ayaz Abdulla <AAbdulla@nvidia.com>,
David Decotigny <david.decotigny@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v5 03/10] kbuild: document RPS/XPS network Kconfig options
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:15:51 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e4bb76dfd9ddd0bd02d8897b15e7b4ee50af5b17.1321420513.git.david.decotigny@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1321420513.git.david.decotigny@google.com>
In-Reply-To: <cover.1321420513.git.david.decotigny@google.com>
This adds a description of RPS/XPS options and allow them to be
changed at make menuconfig time.
Signed-off-by: David Decotigny <david.decotigny@google.com>
---
net/Kconfig | 16 +++++++++++++---
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index a073148..1422c34 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -217,20 +217,30 @@ source "net/dns_resolver/Kconfig"
source "net/batman-adv/Kconfig"
config RPS
- boolean
+ boolean "Enable Receive Packet Steering"
depends on SMP && SYSFS && USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS
default y
+ RPS distributes the load of received packet processing
+ across multiple CPUs. If unsure, say Y.
config RFS_ACCEL
- boolean
+ boolean "Enable Hardware Acceleration of RFS"
depends on RPS && GENERIC_HARDIRQS
select CPU_RMAP
default y
+ This is the hardware version of RPS. On multi-queue network
+ devices, this configures the hardware to distribute the
+ received packets across multiple CPUs. If unsure, say Y.
config XPS
- boolean
+ boolean "Enable Transmit Packet Steering"
depends on SMP && SYSFS && USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS
default y
+ For multiqueue devices, XPS selects a transmit queue during
+ packet transmission based on configuration. This is done by
+ mapping the CPU transmitting the packet to a queue. XPS can
+ reduce transmit network latency on SMP systems. If unsure,
+ say Y.
config HAVE_BPF_JIT
bool
--
1.7.3.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-16 5:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-16 5:15 [PATCH net-next v5 00/10] net-sysfs+forcedeth: stats & debug enhancements David Decotigny
2011-11-16 5:15 ` [PATCH net-next v5 01/10] forcedeth: fix stats on hardware without extended stats support David Decotigny
2011-11-16 5:15 ` [PATCH net-next v5 02/10] net-sysfs: fixed minor sparse warning David Decotigny
2011-11-16 5:15 ` David Decotigny [this message]
2011-11-16 5:15 ` [PATCH net-next v5 04/10] net: provide counter for tx_timeout errors in sysfs David Decotigny
2011-11-16 16:51 ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-11-16 5:15 ` [PATCH net-next v5 05/10] forcedeth: Add messages to indicate using MSI or MSI-X David Decotigny
2011-11-16 5:15 ` [PATCH net-next v5 06/10] forcedeth: allow to silence "TX timeout" debug messages David Decotigny
2011-11-16 5:15 ` [PATCH net-next v5 07/10] forcedeth: implement ndo_get_stats64() API David Decotigny
2011-11-16 16:55 ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-11-16 17:14 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-11-16 19:25 ` David Decotigny
2011-11-16 19:32 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-11-16 20:32 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-11-16 20:46 ` David Decotigny
2011-11-16 5:15 ` [PATCH net-next v5 08/10] forcedeth: account for dropped RX frames David Decotigny
2011-11-16 5:15 ` [PATCH net-next v5 09/10] forcedeth: stats updated with a deferrable timer David Decotigny
2011-11-16 5:15 ` [PATCH net-next v5 10/10] forcedeth: whitespace/indentation fixes David Decotigny
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