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diff --git a/net/ipv4/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
index 10c944d42488..c7a814860ce1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ config IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
If unsure, say N here.
-choice
+choice
prompt "Choose IP: FIB lookup algorithm (choose FIB_HASH if unsure)"
depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
default ASK_IP_FIB_HASH
@@ -61,27 +61,29 @@ choice
config ASK_IP_FIB_HASH
bool "FIB_HASH"
---help---
- Current FIB is very proven and good enough for most users.
+ Current FIB is very proven and good enough for most users.
config IP_FIB_TRIE
bool "FIB_TRIE"
---help---
- Use new experimental LC-trie as FIB lookup algorithm.
- This improves lookup performance if you have a large
- number of routes.
-
- LC-trie is a longest matching prefix lookup algorithm which
- performs better than FIB_HASH for large routing tables.
- But, it consumes more memory and is more complex.
-
- LC-trie is described in:
-
- IP-address lookup using LC-tries. Stefan Nilsson and Gunnar Karlsson
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 17(6):1083-1092, June 1999
- An experimental study of compression methods for dynamic tries
- Stefan Nilsson and Matti Tikkanen. Algorithmica, 33(1):19-33, 2002.
- http://www.nada.kth.se/~snilsson/public/papers/dyntrie2/
-
+ Use new experimental LC-trie as FIB lookup algorithm.
+ This improves lookup performance if you have a large
+ number of routes.
+
+ LC-trie is a longest matching prefix lookup algorithm which
+ performs better than FIB_HASH for large routing tables.
+ But, it consumes more memory and is more complex.
+
+ LC-trie is described in:
+
+ IP-address lookup using LC-tries. Stefan Nilsson and Gunnar Karlsson
+ IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 17(6):1083-1092,
+ June 1999
+
+ An experimental study of compression methods for dynamic tries
+ Stefan Nilsson and Matti Tikkanen. Algorithmica, 33(1):19-33, 2002.
+ http://www.nada.kth.se/~snilsson/public/papers/dyntrie2/
+
endchoice
config IP_FIB_HASH
@@ -193,7 +195,7 @@ config IP_PNP_RARP
<file:Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt> for details.
# not yet ready..
-# bool ' IP: ARP support' CONFIG_IP_PNP_ARP
+# bool ' IP: ARP support' CONFIG_IP_PNP_ARP
config NET_IPIP
tristate "IP: tunneling"
select INET_TUNNEL
@@ -363,7 +365,7 @@ config INET_IPCOMP
---help---
Support for IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp) (RFC3173),
typically needed for IPsec.
-
+
If unsure, say Y.
config INET_XFRM_TUNNEL
@@ -417,7 +419,7 @@ config INET_DIAG
Support for INET (TCP, DCCP, etc) socket monitoring interface used by
native Linux tools such as ss. ss is included in iproute2, currently
downloadable at <http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Iproute2>.
-
+
If unsure, say Y.
config INET_TCP_DIAG