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Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv4/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv4/Kconfig | 44 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 21 deletions
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 |