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1#
2# Traffic control configuration.
3#
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85ef3e5c 5menuconfig NET_SCHED
6a2e9b73 6 bool "QoS and/or fair queueing"
3c62f75a 7 select NET_SCH_FIFO
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8 ---help---
9 When the kernel has several packets to send out over a network
10 device, it has to decide which ones to send first, which ones to
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11 delay, and which ones to drop. This is the job of the queueing
12 disciplines, several different algorithms for how to do this
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13 "fairly" have been proposed.
14
15 If you say N here, you will get the standard packet scheduler, which
16 is a FIFO (first come, first served). If you say Y here, you will be
17 able to choose from among several alternative algorithms which can
18 then be attached to different network devices. This is useful for
19 example if some of your network devices are real time devices that
20 need a certain minimum data flow rate, or if you need to limit the
21 maximum data flow rate for traffic which matches specified criteria.
22 This code is considered to be experimental.
23
24 To administer these schedulers, you'll need the user-level utilities
25 from the package iproute2+tc at <ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/net/ip-routing/>.
26 That package also contains some documentation; for more, check out
52ab4ac2 27 <http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Iproute2>.
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28
29 This Quality of Service (QoS) support will enable you to use
30 Differentiated Services (diffserv) and Resource Reservation Protocol
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31 (RSVP) on your Linux router if you also say Y to the corresponding
32 classifiers below. Documentation and software is at
33 <http://diffserv.sourceforge.net/>.
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34
35 If you say Y here and to "/proc file system" below, you will be able
36 to read status information about packet schedulers from the file
37 /proc/net/psched.
38
39 The available schedulers are listed in the following questions; you
40 can say Y to as many as you like. If unsure, say N now.
41
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42if NET_SCHED
43
52ab4ac2 44comment "Queueing/Scheduling"
52ab4ac2 45
1da177e4 46config NET_SCH_CBQ
52ab4ac2 47 tristate "Class Based Queueing (CBQ)"
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48 ---help---
49 Say Y here if you want to use the Class-Based Queueing (CBQ) packet
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50 scheduling algorithm. This algorithm classifies the waiting packets
51 into a tree-like hierarchy of classes; the leaves of this tree are
52 in turn scheduled by separate algorithms.
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52ab4ac2 54 See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_cbq.c> for more details.
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55
56 CBQ is a commonly used scheduler, so if you're unsure, you should
57 say Y here. Then say Y to all the queueing algorithms below that you
52ab4ac2 58 want to use as leaf disciplines.
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59
60 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
61 module will be called sch_cbq.
62
63config NET_SCH_HTB
52ab4ac2 64 tristate "Hierarchical Token Bucket (HTB)"
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65 ---help---
66 Say Y here if you want to use the Hierarchical Token Buckets (HTB)
52ab4ac2 67 packet scheduling algorithm. See
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68 <http://luxik.cdi.cz/~devik/qos/htb/> for complete manual and
69 in-depth articles.
70
52ab4ac2 71 HTB is very similar to CBQ regarding its goals however is has
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72 different properties and different algorithm.
73
74 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
75 module will be called sch_htb.
76
77config NET_SCH_HFSC
52ab4ac2 78 tristate "Hierarchical Fair Service Curve (HFSC)"
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79 ---help---
80 Say Y here if you want to use the Hierarchical Fair Service Curve
52ab4ac2 81 (HFSC) packet scheduling algorithm.
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82
83 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
84 module will be called sch_hfsc.
85
1da177e4 86config NET_SCH_ATM
52ab4ac2 87 tristate "ATM Virtual Circuits (ATM)"
05b8b0fa 88 depends on ATM
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89 ---help---
90 Say Y here if you want to use the ATM pseudo-scheduler. This
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91 provides a framework for invoking classifiers, which in turn
92 select classes of this queuing discipline. Each class maps
93 the flow(s) it is handling to a given virtual circuit.
94
99acaeb9 95 See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_atm.c> for more details.
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96
97 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
98 module will be called sch_atm.
99
100config NET_SCH_PRIO
52ab4ac2 101 tristate "Multi Band Priority Queueing (PRIO)"
52ab4ac2 102 ---help---
1da177e4 103 Say Y here if you want to use an n-band priority queue packet
52ab4ac2 104 scheduler.
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105
106 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
107 module will be called sch_prio.
108
109config NET_SCH_RED
52ab4ac2 110 tristate "Random Early Detection (RED)"
52ab4ac2 111 ---help---
1da177e4 112 Say Y here if you want to use the Random Early Detection (RED)
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113 packet scheduling algorithm.
114
115 See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_red.c> for more details.
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116
117 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
118 module will be called sch_red.
119
120config NET_SCH_SFQ
52ab4ac2 121 tristate "Stochastic Fairness Queueing (SFQ)"
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122 ---help---
123 Say Y here if you want to use the Stochastic Fairness Queueing (SFQ)
99acaeb9 124 packet scheduling algorithm.
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125
126 See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_sfq.c> for more details.
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127
128 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
129 module will be called sch_sfq.
130
131config NET_SCH_TEQL
52ab4ac2 132 tristate "True Link Equalizer (TEQL)"
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133 ---help---
134 Say Y here if you want to use the True Link Equalizer (TLE) packet
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135 scheduling algorithm. This queueing discipline allows the combination
136 of several physical devices into one virtual device.
137
138 See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_teql.c> for more details.
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139
140 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
141 module will be called sch_teql.
142
143config NET_SCH_TBF
52ab4ac2 144 tristate "Token Bucket Filter (TBF)"
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145 ---help---
146 Say Y here if you want to use the Token Bucket Filter (TBF) packet
147 scheduling algorithm.
148
149 See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_tbf.c> for more details.
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150
151 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
152 module will be called sch_tbf.
153
154config NET_SCH_GRED
52ab4ac2 155 tristate "Generic Random Early Detection (GRED)"
52ab4ac2 156 ---help---
1da177e4 157 Say Y here if you want to use the Generic Random Early Detection
20cc6bef 158 (GRED) packet scheduling algorithm for some of your network devices
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159 (see the top of <file:net/sched/sch_red.c> for details and
160 references about the algorithm).
161
162 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
163 module will be called sch_gred.
164
165config NET_SCH_DSMARK
52ab4ac2 166 tristate "Differentiated Services marker (DSMARK)"
52ab4ac2 167 ---help---
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168 Say Y if you want to schedule packets according to the
169 Differentiated Services architecture proposed in RFC 2475.
170 Technical information on this method, with pointers to associated
171 RFCs, is available at <http://www.gta.ufrj.br/diffserv/>.
172
173 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
174 module will be called sch_dsmark.
175
176config NET_SCH_NETEM
52ab4ac2 177 tristate "Network emulator (NETEM)"
52ab4ac2 178 ---help---
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179 Say Y if you want to emulate network delay, loss, and packet
180 re-ordering. This is often useful to simulate networks when
181 testing applications or protocols.
182
183 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
184 will be called sch_netem.
185
186 If unsure, say N.
187
188config NET_SCH_INGRESS
189 tristate "Ingress Qdisc"
72eb7bd2 190 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
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191 ---help---
192 Say Y here if you want to use classifiers for incoming packets.
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193 If unsure, say Y.
194
195 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
196 module will be called sch_ingress.
197
52ab4ac2 198comment "Classification"
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199
200config NET_CLS
52ab4ac2 201 boolean
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202
203config NET_CLS_BASIC
52ab4ac2 204 tristate "Elementary classification (BASIC)"
52ab4ac2 205 select NET_CLS
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206 ---help---
207 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets using
208 only extended matches and actions.
209
210 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
211 module will be called cls_basic.
212
213config NET_CLS_TCINDEX
52ab4ac2 214 tristate "Traffic-Control Index (TCINDEX)"
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215 select NET_CLS
216 ---help---
217 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
218 traffic control indices. You will want this feature if you want
219 to implement Differentiated Services together with DSMARK.
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220
221 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
222 module will be called cls_tcindex.
223
224config NET_CLS_ROUTE4
52ab4ac2 225 tristate "Routing decision (ROUTE)"
1da177e4 226 select NET_CLS_ROUTE
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227 select NET_CLS
228 ---help---
229 If you say Y here, you will be able to classify packets
230 according to the route table entry they matched.
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231
232 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
233 module will be called cls_route.
234
235config NET_CLS_ROUTE
236 bool
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237
238config NET_CLS_FW
52ab4ac2 239 tristate "Netfilter mark (FW)"
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240 select NET_CLS
241 ---help---
242 If you say Y here, you will be able to classify packets
243 according to netfilter/firewall marks.
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244
245 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
246 module will be called cls_fw.
247
248config NET_CLS_U32
52ab4ac2 249 tristate "Universal 32bit comparisons w/ hashing (U32)"
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250 select NET_CLS
251 ---help---
3539c272 252 Say Y here to be able to classify packets using a universal
52ab4ac2 253 32bit pieces based comparison scheme.
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254
255 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
256 module will be called cls_u32.
257
258config CLS_U32_PERF
52ab4ac2 259 bool "Performance counters support"
1da177e4 260 depends on NET_CLS_U32
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261 ---help---
262 Say Y here to make u32 gather additional statistics useful for
263 fine tuning u32 classifiers.
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265config CLS_U32_MARK
52ab4ac2 266 bool "Netfilter marks support"
82e91ffe 267 depends on NET_CLS_U32
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268 ---help---
269 Say Y here to be able to use netfilter marks as u32 key.
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270
271config NET_CLS_RSVP
52ab4ac2 272 tristate "IPv4 Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)"
52ab4ac2 273 select NET_CLS
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274 ---help---
275 The Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) permits end systems to
276 request a minimum and maximum data flow rate for a connection; this
277 is important for real time data such as streaming sound or video.
278
279 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify outgoing packets based
280 on their RSVP requests.
281
282 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
283 module will be called cls_rsvp.
284
285config NET_CLS_RSVP6
52ab4ac2 286 tristate "IPv6 Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP6)"
52ab4ac2 287 select NET_CLS
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288 ---help---
289 The Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) permits end systems to
290 request a minimum and maximum data flow rate for a connection; this
291 is important for real time data such as streaming sound or video.
292
293 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify outgoing packets based
99acaeb9 294 on their RSVP requests and you are using the IPv6 protocol.
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295
296 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
297 module will be called cls_rsvp6.
298
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299config NET_CLS_FLOW
300 tristate "Flow classifier"
301 select NET_CLS
302 ---help---
303 If you say Y here, you will be able to classify packets based on
304 a configurable combination of packet keys. This is mostly useful
305 in combination with SFQ.
306
307 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
308 module will be called cls_flow.
309
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310config NET_EMATCH
311 bool "Extended Matches"
52ab4ac2 312 select NET_CLS
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313 ---help---
314 Say Y here if you want to use extended matches on top of classifiers
315 and select the extended matches below.
316
317 Extended matches are small classification helpers not worth writing
52ab4ac2 318 a separate classifier for.
1da177e4 319
52ab4ac2 320 A recent version of the iproute2 package is required to use
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321 extended matches.
322
323config NET_EMATCH_STACK
324 int "Stack size"
325 depends on NET_EMATCH
326 default "32"
327 ---help---
328 Size of the local stack variable used while evaluating the tree of
329 ematches. Limits the depth of the tree, i.e. the number of
b824979a 330 encapsulated precedences. Every level requires 4 bytes of additional
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331 stack space.
332
333config NET_EMATCH_CMP
334 tristate "Simple packet data comparison"
335 depends on NET_EMATCH
336 ---help---
337 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
338 simple packet data comparisons for 8, 16, and 32bit values.
339
340 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
341 module will be called em_cmp.
342
343config NET_EMATCH_NBYTE
344 tristate "Multi byte comparison"
345 depends on NET_EMATCH
346 ---help---
347 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
348 multiple byte comparisons mainly useful for IPv6 address comparisons.
349
350 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
351 module will be called em_nbyte.
352
353config NET_EMATCH_U32
52ab4ac2 354 tristate "U32 key"
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355 depends on NET_EMATCH
356 ---help---
357 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets using
358 the famous u32 key in combination with logic relations.
359
360 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
361 module will be called em_u32.
362
363config NET_EMATCH_META
364 tristate "Metadata"
365 depends on NET_EMATCH
366 ---help---
bb7e8c5a 367 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
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368 metadata such as load average, netfilter attributes, socket
369 attributes and routing decisions.
370
371 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
372 module will be called em_meta.
373
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374config NET_EMATCH_TEXT
375 tristate "Textsearch"
376 depends on NET_EMATCH
f2d368fa 377 select TEXTSEARCH
f7704347 378 select TEXTSEARCH_KMP
29cb9f9c 379 select TEXTSEARCH_BM
f7704347 380 select TEXTSEARCH_FSM
d675c989 381 ---help---
52ab4ac2 382 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
f7704347 383 textsearch comparisons.
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384
385 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
386 module will be called em_text.
387
1da177e4 388config NET_CLS_ACT
52ab4ac2 389 bool "Actions"
1da177e4 390 ---help---
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391 Say Y here if you want to use traffic control actions. Actions
392 get attached to classifiers and are invoked after a successful
393 classification. They are used to overwrite the classification
394 result, instantly drop or redirect packets, etc.
395
396 A recent version of the iproute2 package is required to use
397 extended matches.
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398
399config NET_ACT_POLICE
52ab4ac2 400 tristate "Traffic Policing"
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401 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
402 ---help---
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403 Say Y here if you want to do traffic policing, i.e. strict
404 bandwidth limiting. This action replaces the existing policing
405 module.
406
407 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
408 module will be called police.
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410config NET_ACT_GACT
52ab4ac2 411 tristate "Generic actions"
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412 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
413 ---help---
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414 Say Y here to take generic actions such as dropping and
415 accepting packets.
416
417 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
418 module will be called gact.
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420config GACT_PROB
52ab4ac2 421 bool "Probability support"
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422 depends on NET_ACT_GACT
423 ---help---
52ab4ac2 424 Say Y here to use the generic action randomly or deterministically.
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425
426config NET_ACT_MIRRED
52ab4ac2 427 tristate "Redirecting and Mirroring"
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428 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
429 ---help---
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430 Say Y here to allow packets to be mirrored or redirected to
431 other devices.
432
433 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
434 module will be called mirred.
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435
436config NET_ACT_IPT
52ab4ac2 437 tristate "IPtables targets"
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438 depends on NET_CLS_ACT && NETFILTER && IP_NF_IPTABLES
439 ---help---
3539c272 440 Say Y here to be able to invoke iptables targets after successful
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441 classification.
442
443 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
444 module will be called ipt.
1da177e4 445
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446config NET_ACT_NAT
447 tristate "Stateless NAT"
448 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
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449 ---help---
450 Say Y here to do stateless NAT on IPv4 packets. You should use
451 netfilter for NAT unless you know what you are doing.
452
453 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
454 module will be called nat.
455
1da177e4 456config NET_ACT_PEDIT
52ab4ac2 457 tristate "Packet Editing"
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458 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
459 ---help---
52ab4ac2 460 Say Y here if you want to mangle the content of packets.
1da177e4 461
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462 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
463 module will be called pedit.
1da177e4 464
db753079 465config NET_ACT_SIMP
52ab4ac2 466 tristate "Simple Example (Debug)"
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467 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
468 ---help---
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469 Say Y here to add a simple action for demonstration purposes.
470 It is meant as an example and for debugging purposes. It will
471 print a configured policy string followed by the packet count
472 to the console for every packet that passes by.
473
474 If unsure, say N.
475
476 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
477 module will be called simple.
478
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479config NET_CLS_IND
480 bool "Incoming device classification"
05b8b0fa 481 depends on NET_CLS_U32 || NET_CLS_FW
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482 ---help---
483 Say Y here to extend the u32 and fw classifier to support
484 classification based on the incoming device. This option is
485 likely to disappear in favour of the metadata ematch.
486
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487endif # NET_SCHED
488
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489config NET_SCH_FIFO
490 bool
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