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authorPeter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com>2007-07-06 13:36:20 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2007-07-10 22:16:21 -0700
commitf25f4e44808f0f6c9875d94ef1c41ef86c288eb2 (patch)
treed7809dd5e957f1626185326d0c3438ff9a04d350 /drivers/net
parenta093bf006e09a305e95ff0938c0a18b7520aef67 (diff)
[CORE] Stack changes to add multiqueue hardware support API
Add the multiqueue hardware device support API to the core network stack. Allow drivers to allocate multiple queues and manage them at the netdev level if they choose to do so. Added a new field to sk_buff, namely queue_mapping, for drivers to know which tx_ring to select based on OS classification of the flow. Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/Kconfig8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index c251cca295c1..d4e39ff1545b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ menuconfig NETDEVICES
# that for each of the symbols.
if NETDEVICES
+config NETDEVICES_MULTIQUEUE
+ bool "Netdevice multiple hardware queue support"
+ ---help---
+ Say Y here if you want to allow the network stack to use multiple
+ hardware TX queues on an ethernet device.
+
+ Most people will say N here.
+
config IFB
tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
depends on NET_CLS_ACT