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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-bcma | 31 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/bonding.txt | 34 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/igb.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/net.txt | 11 |
6 files changed, 77 insertions, 44 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-bcma b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-bcma new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..06b62badddd1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-bcma @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +What: /sys/bus/bcma/devices/.../manuf +Date: May 2011 +KernelVersion: 2.6.40 +Contact: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> +Description: + Each BCMA core has it's manufacturer id. See + include/linux/bcma/bcma.h for possible values. + +What: /sys/bus/bcma/devices/.../id +Date: May 2011 +KernelVersion: 2.6.40 +Contact: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> +Description: + There are a few types of BCMA cores, they can be identified by + id field. + +What: /sys/bus/bcma/devices/.../rev +Date: May 2011 +KernelVersion: 2.6.40 +Contact: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> +Description: + BCMA cores of the same type can still slightly differ depending + on their revision. Use it for detailed programming. + +What: /sys/bus/bcma/devices/.../class +Date: May 2011 +KernelVersion: 2.6.40 +Contact: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> +Description: + Each BCMA core is identified by few fields, including class it + belongs to. See include/linux/bcma/bcma.h for possible values. diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index f6a24e8aa11e..4cba260e3059 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -35,17 +35,6 @@ Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> --------------------------- -What: AR9170USB -When: 2.6.40 - -Why: This driver is deprecated and the firmware is no longer - maintained. The replacement driver "carl9170" has been - around for a while, so the devices are still supported. - -Who: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com> - ---------------------------- - What: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM Check: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM When: July 2009 @@ -405,16 +394,6 @@ Who: anybody or Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org> ---------------------------- -What: capifs -When: February 2011 -Files: drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.* -Why: udev fully replaces this special file system that only contains CAPI - NCCI TTY device nodes. User space (pppdcapiplugin) works without - noticing the difference. -Who: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de> - ----------------------------- - What: KVM paravirt mmu host support When: January 2011 Why: The paravirt mmu host support is slower than non-paravirt mmu, both diff --git a/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt b/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt index ee496eb2f4a6..88d4afbdef98 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[state: 27-01-2011] +[state: 17-04-2011] BATMAN-ADV ---------- @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ duce the overhead to a minimum. It does not depend on any (other) network driver, and can be used on wifi as well as ethernet lan, vpn, etc ... (anything with ethernet-style layer 2). + CONFIGURATION ------------- @@ -160,13 +161,13 @@ face. Each entry can/has to have the following values: -> "TQ mac value" - src mac's link quality towards mac address of a neighbor originator's interface which is being used for routing --> "HNA mac" - HNA announced by source mac +-> "TT mac" - TT announced by source mac -> "PRIMARY" - this is a primary interface -> "SEC mac" - secondary mac address of source (requires preceding PRIMARY) The TQ value has a range from 4 to 255 with 255 being the best. -The HNA entries are showing which hosts are connected to the mesh +The TT entries are showing which hosts are connected to the mesh via bat0 or being bridged into the mesh network. The PRIMARY/SEC values are only applied on primary interfaces @@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ abled during run time. Following log_levels are defined: 0 - All debug output disabled 1 - Enable messages related to routing / flooding / broadcasting -2 - Enable route or hna added / changed / deleted +2 - Enable route or tt entry added / changed / deleted 3 - Enable all messages The debug output can be changed at runtime using the file @@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ The debug output can be changed at runtime using the file # echo 2 > /sys/class/net/bat0/mesh/log_level -will enable debug messages for when routes or HNAs change. +will enable debug messages for when routes or TTs change. BATCTL diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index e27202bb8d75..1f45bd887d65 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Linux Ethernet Bonding Driver HOWTO - Latest update: 23 September 2009 + Latest update: 27 April 2011 Initial release : Thomas Davis <tadavis at lbl.gov> Corrections, HA extensions : 2000/10/03-15 : @@ -585,25 +585,23 @@ mode chosen. num_grat_arp - - Specifies the number of gratuitous ARPs to be issued after a - failover event. One gratuitous ARP is issued immediately after - the failover, subsequent ARPs are sent at a rate of one per link - monitor interval (arp_interval or miimon, whichever is active). - - The valid range is 0 - 255; the default value is 1. This option - affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for - bonding version 3.3.0. - num_unsol_na - Specifies the number of unsolicited IPv6 Neighbor Advertisements - to be issued after a failover event. One unsolicited NA is issued - immediately after the failover. - - The valid range is 0 - 255; the default value is 1. This option - affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for - bonding version 3.4.0. + Specify the number of peer notifications (gratuitous ARPs and + unsolicited IPv6 Neighbor Advertisements) to be issued after a + failover event. As soon as the link is up on the new slave + (possibly immediately) a peer notification is sent on the + bonding device and each VLAN sub-device. This is repeated at + each link monitor interval (arp_interval or miimon, whichever + is active) if the number is greater than 1. + + The valid range is 0 - 255; the default value is 1. These options + affect only the active-backup mode. These options were added for + bonding versions 3.3.0 and 3.4.0 respectively. + + From Linux 2.6.40 and bonding version 3.7.1, these notifications + are generated by the ipv4 and ipv6 code and the numbers of + repetitions cannot be set independently. primary diff --git a/Documentation/networking/igb.txt b/Documentation/networking/igb.txt index 98953c0d5342..9a2a037194a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/igb.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/igb.txt @@ -93,6 +93,19 @@ Additional Configurations REQUIREMENTS: MSI-X support is required for Multiqueue. If MSI-X is not found, the system will fallback to MSI or to Legacy interrupts. + MAC and VLAN anti-spoofing feature + ---------------------------------- + When a malicious driver attempts to send a spoofed packet, it is dropped by + the hardware and not transmitted. An interrupt is sent to the PF driver + notifying it of the spoof attempt. + + When a spoofed packet is detected the PF driver will send the following + message to the system log (displayed by the "dmesg" command): + + Spoof event(s) detected on VF(n) + + Where n=the VF that attempted to do the spoofing. + Support ======= diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt index cbd05ffc606b..3201a7097e4d 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt @@ -32,6 +32,17 @@ Table : Subdirectories in /proc/sys/net 1. /proc/sys/net/core - Network core options ------------------------------------------------------- +bpf_jit_enable +-------------- + +This enables Berkeley Packet Filter Just in Time compiler. +Currently supported on x86_64 architecture, bpf_jit provides a framework +to speed packet filtering, the one used by tcpdump/libpcap for example. +Values : + 0 - disable the JIT (default value) + 1 - enable the JIT + 2 - enable the JIT and ask the compiler to emit traces on kernel log. + rmem_default ------------ |