DCB: fix kconfig option

Since the netlink option for DCB is necessary to actually be useful,
simplified the Kconfig option.  In addition, added useful help text for the
Kconfig option.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Jeff Kirsher 2008-11-25 01:02:08 -08:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 411c41eea5
commit 7a6b6f515f
8 changed files with 31 additions and 21 deletions

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config DCB
tristate "Data Center Bridging support"
config DCBNL
bool "Data Center Bridging netlink interface support"
depends on DCB
bool "Data Center Bridging support"
default n
---help---
This option turns on the netlink interface
(dcbnl) for Data Center Bridging capable devices.
This enables support for configuring Data Center Bridging (DCB)
features on DCB capable Ethernet adapters via rtnetlink. Say 'Y'
if you have a DCB capable Ethernet adapter which supports this
interface and you are connected to a DCB capable switch.
DCB is a collection of Ethernet enhancements which allow DCB capable
NICs and switches to support network traffic with differing
requirements (highly reliable, no drops vs. best effort vs. low
latency) to co-exist on Ethernet.
DCB features include:
Enhanced Transmission Selection (aka Priority Grouping) - provides a
framework for assigning bandwidth guarantees to traffic classes.
Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) - a MAC control pause frame which
works at the granularity of the 802.1p priority instead of the
link (802.3x).
If unsure, say N.

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*/
MODULE_AUTHOR("Lucy Liu, <lucy.liu@intel.com>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Data Center Bridging generic netlink interface");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Data Center Bridging netlink interface");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
/**************** DCB attribute policies *************************************/