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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/bonding.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/gianfar.txt72
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt4
4 files changed, 97 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
index b0fe41da007b..8d8b4e5ea184 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
@@ -945,7 +945,6 @@ bond0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:F0:1F:37:B4
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:F0:1F:37:B4
- inet addr:XXX.XXX.XXX.YYY Bcast:XXX.XXX.XXX.255 Mask:255.255.252.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING SLAVE MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3573025 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1643167 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:1 carrier:0
@@ -953,7 +952,6 @@ eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:F0:1F:37:B4
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x1080
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:F0:1F:37:B4
- inet addr:XXX.XXX.XXX.YYY Bcast:XXX.XXX.XXX.255 Mask:255.255.252.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING SLAVE MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3651769 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1643480 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/gianfar.txt b/Documentation/networking/gianfar.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad474ea07d07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/networking/gianfar.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+The Gianfar Ethernet Driver
+Sysfs File description
+
+Author: Andy Fleming <afleming@freescale.com>
+Updated: 2005-07-28
+
+SYSFS
+
+Several of the features of the gianfar driver are controlled
+through sysfs files. These are:
+
+bd_stash:
+To stash RX Buffer Descriptors in the L2, echo 'on' or '1' to
+bd_stash, echo 'off' or '0' to disable
+
+rx_stash_len:
+To stash the first n bytes of the packet in L2, echo the number
+of bytes to buf_stash_len. echo 0 to disable.
+
+WARNING: You could really screw these up if you set them too low or high!
+fifo_threshold:
+To change the number of bytes the controller needs in the
+fifo before it starts transmission, echo the number of bytes to
+fifo_thresh. Range should be 0-511.
+
+fifo_starve:
+When the FIFO has less than this many bytes during a transmit, it
+enters starve mode, and increases the priority of TX memory
+transactions. To change, echo the number of bytes to
+fifo_starve. Range should be 0-511.
+
+fifo_starve_off:
+Once in starve mode, the FIFO remains there until it has this
+many bytes. To change, echo the number of bytes to
+fifo_starve_off. Range should be 0-511.
+
+CHECKSUM OFFLOADING
+
+The eTSEC controller (first included in parts from late 2005 like
+the 8548) has the ability to perform TCP, UDP, and IP checksums
+in hardware. The Linux kernel only offloads the TCP and UDP
+checksums (and always performs the pseudo header checksums), so
+the driver only supports checksumming for TCP/IP and UDP/IP
+packets. Use ethtool to enable or disable this feature for RX
+and TX.
+
+VLAN
+
+In order to use VLAN, please consult Linux documentation on
+configuring VLANs. The gianfar driver supports hardware insertion and
+extraction of VLAN headers, but not filtering. Filtering will be
+done by the kernel.
+
+MULTICASTING
+
+The gianfar driver supports using the group hash table on the
+TSEC (and the extended hash table on the eTSEC) for multicast
+filtering. On the eTSEC, the exact-match MAC registers are used
+before the hash tables. See Linux documentation on how to join
+multicast groups.
+
+PADDING
+
+The gianfar driver supports padding received frames with 2 bytes
+to align the IP header to a 16-byte boundary, when supported by
+hardware.
+
+ETHTOOL
+
+The gianfar driver supports the use of ethtool for many
+configuration options. You must run ethtool only on currently
+open interfaces. See ethtool documentation for details.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index ebc09a159f62..2b7cf19a06ad 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,29 @@ ipfrag_secret_interval - INTEGER
for the hash secret) for IP fragments.
Default: 600
+ipfrag_max_dist - INTEGER
+ ipfrag_max_dist is a non-negative integer value which defines the
+ maximum "disorder" which is allowed among fragments which share a
+ common IP source address. Note that reordering of packets is
+ not unusual, but if a large number of fragments arrive from a source
+ IP address while a particular fragment queue remains incomplete, it
+ probably indicates that one or more fragments belonging to that queue
+ have been lost. When ipfrag_max_dist is positive, an additional check
+ is done on fragments before they are added to a reassembly queue - if
+ ipfrag_max_dist (or more) fragments have arrived from a particular IP
+ address between additions to any IP fragment queue using that source
+ address, it's presumed that one or more fragments in the queue are
+ lost. The existing fragment queue will be dropped, and a new one
+ started. An ipfrag_max_dist value of zero disables this check.
+
+ Using a very small value, e.g. 1 or 2, for ipfrag_max_dist can
+ result in unnecessarily dropping fragment queues when normal
+ reordering of packets occurs, which could lead to poor application
+ performance. Using a very large value, e.g. 50000, increases the
+ likelihood of incorrectly reassembling IP fragments that originate
+ from different IP datagrams, which could result in data corruption.
+ Default: 64
+
INET peer storage:
inet_peer_threshold - INTEGER
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt b/Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt
index 851fc97bb22f..7837c53fd5fe 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ To use the driver as a module, proceed as follows:
with (M)
5. Execute the command "make modules".
6. Execute the command "make modules_install".
- The appropiate modules will be installed.
+ The appropriate modules will be installed.
7. Reboot your system.
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ Default: Both
This parameters is only relevant if auto-negotiation for this port is
not set to "Sense". If auto-negotiation is set to "On", all three values
are possible. If it is set to "Off", only "Full" and "Half" are allowed.
-This parameter is usefull if your link partner does not support all
+This parameter is useful if your link partner does not support all
possible combinations.
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