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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/00-INDEX6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt203
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/LICENSE.qlcnic2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/cs89x0.txt79
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/depca.txt92
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ewrk3.txt46
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/filter.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/multicast.txt63
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.txt176
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/operstates.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/phy.txt11
13 files changed, 209 insertions, 510 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX
index 2cc3c7733a2..258d9b92c36 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ de4x5.txt
- the Digital EtherWORKS DE4?? and DE5?? PCI Ethernet driver
decnet.txt
- info on using the DECnet networking layer in Linux.
-depca.txt
- - the Digital DEPCA/EtherWORKS DE1?? and DE2?? LANCE Ethernet driver
dl2k.txt
- README for D-Link DL2000-based Gigabit Ethernet Adapters (dl2k.ko).
dm9000.txt
@@ -72,8 +70,6 @@ e1000e.txt
- README for the Intel Gigabit Ethernet Driver (e1000e).
eql.txt
- serial IP load balancing
-ewrk3.txt
- - the Digital EtherWORKS 3 DE203/4/5 Ethernet driver
fib_trie.txt
- Level Compressed Trie (LC-trie) notes: a structure for routing.
filter.txt
@@ -126,8 +122,6 @@ ltpc.txt
- the Apple or Farallon LocalTalk PC card driver
mac80211-injection.txt
- HOWTO use packet injection with mac80211
-multicast.txt
- - Behaviour of cards under Multicast
multiqueue.txt
- HOWTO for multiqueue network device support.
netconsole.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt b/Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 55d24433d15..00000000000
--- a/Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,203 +0,0 @@
-Released 1994-06-13
-
-
- CONTENTS:
-
- 1. Introduction.
- 2. License.
- 3. Files in this release.
- 4. Installation.
- 5. Problems and tuning.
- 6. Using the drivers with earlier releases.
- 7. Acknowledgments.
-
-
- 1. INTRODUCTION.
-
- This is a set of Ethernet drivers for the D-Link DE-600/DE-620
- pocket adapters, for the parallel port on a Linux based machine.
- Some adapter "clones" will also work. Xircom is _not_ a clone...
- These drivers _can_ be used as loadable modules,
- and were developed for use on Linux 1.1.13 and above.
- For use on Linux 1.0.X, or earlier releases, see below.
-
- I have used these drivers for NFS, ftp, telnet and X-clients on
- remote machines. Transmissions with ftp seems to work as
- good as can be expected (i.e. > 80k bytes/sec) from a
- parallel port...:-) Receive speeds will be about 60-80% of this.
- Depending on your machine, somewhat higher speeds can be achieved.
-
- All comments/fixes to Bjorn Ekwall (bj0rn@blox.se).
-
-
- 2. LICENSE.
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it
- and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
- License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
- useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
- warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
- details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
- License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
- Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA
- 02139, USA.
-
-
- 3. FILES IN THIS RELEASE.
-
- README.DLINK This file.
- de600.c The Source (may it be with You :-) for the DE-600
- de620.c ditto for the DE-620
- de620.h Macros for de620.c
-
- If you are upgrading from the d-link tar release, there will
- also be a "dlink-patches" file that will patch Linux 1.1.18:
- linux/drivers/net/Makefile
- linux/drivers/net/CONFIG
- linux/drivers/net/MODULES
- linux/drivers/net/Space.c
- linux/config.in
- Apply the patch by:
- "cd /usr/src; patch -p0 < linux/drivers/net/dlink-patches"
- The old source, "linux/drivers/net/d_link.c", can be removed.
-
-
- 4. INSTALLATION.
-
- o Get the latest net binaries, according to current net.wisdom.
-
- o Read the NET-2 and Ethernet HOWTOs and modify your setup.
-
- o If your parallel port has a strange address or irq,
- modify "linux/drivers/net/CONFIG" accordingly, or adjust
- the parameters in the "tuning" section in the sources.
-
- If you are going to use the drivers as loadable modules, do _not_
- enable them while doing "make config", but instead make sure that
- the drivers are included in "linux/drivers/net/MODULES".
-
- If you are _not_ going to use the driver(s) as loadable modules,
- but instead have them included in the kernel, remember to enable
- the drivers while doing "make config".
-
- o To include networking and DE600/DE620 support in your kernel:
- # cd /linux
- (as modules:)
- # make config (answer yes on CONFIG_NET and CONFIG_INET)
- (else included in the kernel:)
- # make config (answer yes on CONFIG _NET, _INET and _DE600 or _DE620)
- # make clean
- # make zImage (or whatever magic you usually do)
-
- o I use lilo to boot multiple kernels, so that I at least
- can have one working kernel :-). If you do too, append
- these lines to /etc/lilo/config:
-
- image = /linux/zImage
- label = newlinux
- root = /dev/hda2 (or whatever YOU have...)
-
- # /etc/lilo/install
-
- o Do "sync" and reboot the new kernel with a D-Link
- DE-600/DE-620 pocket adapter connected.
-
- o The adapter can be configured with ifconfig eth?
- where the actual number is decided by the kernel
- when the drivers are initialized.
-
-
- 5. "PROBLEMS" AND TUNING,
-
- o If you see error messages from the driver, and if the traffic
- stops on the adapter, try to do "ifconfig" and "route" once
- more, just as in "rc.inet1". This should take care of most
- problems, including effects from power loss, or adapters that
- aren't connected to the printer port in some way or another.
- You can somewhat change the behaviour by enabling/disabling
- the macro SHUTDOWN_WHEN_LOST in the "tuning" section.
- For the DE-600 there is another macro, CHECK_LOST_DE600,
- that you might want to read about in the "tuning" section.
-
- o Some machines have trouble handling the parallel port and
- the adapter at high speed. If you experience problems:
-
- DE-600:
- - The adapter is not recognized at boot, i.e. an Ethernet
- address of 00:80:c8:... is not shown, try to add another
- "; SLOW_DOWN_IO"
- at DE600_SLOW_DOWN in the "tuning" section. As a last resort,
- uncomment: "#define REALLY_SLOW_IO" (see <asm/io.h> for hints).
-
- - You experience "timeout" messages: first try to add another
- "; SLOW_DOWN_IO"
- at DE600_SLOW_DOWN in the "tuning" section, _then_ try to
- increase the value (original value: 5) at
- "if (tickssofar < 5)" near line 422.
-
- DE-620:
- - Your parallel port might be "sluggish". To cater for
- this, there are the macros LOWSPEED and READ_DELAY/WRITE_DELAY
- in the "tuning" section. Your first step should be to enable
- LOWSPEED, and after that you can "tune" the XXX_DELAY values.
-
- o If the adapter _is_ recognized at boot but you get messages
- about "Network Unreachable", then the problem is probably
- _not_ with the driver. Check your net configuration instead
- (ifconfig and route) in "rc.inet1".
-
- o There is some rudimentary support for debugging, look at
- the source. Use "-DDE600_DEBUG=3" or "-DDE620_DEBUG=3"
- when compiling, or include it in "linux/drivers/net/CONFIG".
- IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS YOU CAN'T SOLVE: PLEASE COMPILE THE DRIVER
- WITH DEBUGGING ENABLED, AND SEND ME THE RESULTING OUTPUT!
-
-
- 6. USING THE DRIVERS WITH EARLIER RELEASES.
-
- The later 1.1.X releases of the Linux kernel include some
- changes in the networking layer (a.k.a. NET3). This affects
- these drivers in a few places. The hints that follow are
- _not_ tested by me, since I don't have the disk space to keep
- all releases on-line.
- Known needed changes to date:
- - release patchfile: some patches will fail, but they should
- be easy to apply "by hand", since they are trivial.
- (Space.c: d_link_init() is now called de600_probe())
- - de600.c: change "mark_bh(NET_BH)" to "mark_bh(INET_BH)".
- - de620.c: (maybe) change the code around "netif_rx(skb);" to be
- similar to the code around "dev_rint(...)" in de600.c
-
-
- 7. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
-
- These drivers wouldn't have been done without the base
- (and support) from Ross Biro, and D-Link Systems Inc.
- The driver relies upon GPL-ed source from D-Link Systems Inc.
- and from Russel Nelson at Crynwr Software <nelson@crynwr.com>.
-
- Additional input also from:
- Donald Becker <becker@super.org>, Alan Cox <A.Cox@swansea.ac.uk>
- and Fred N. van Kempen <waltje@uWalt.NL.Mugnet.ORG>
-
- DE-600 alpha release primary victim^H^H^H^H^H^Htester:
- - Erik Proper <erikp@cs.kun.nl>.
- Good input also from several users, most notably
- - Mark Burton <markb@ordern.demon.co.uk>.
-
- DE-620 alpha release victims^H^H^H^H^H^H^Htesters:
- - J. Joshua Kopper <kopper@rtsg.mot.com>
- - Olav Kvittem <Olav.Kvittem@uninett.no>
- - Germano Caronni <caronni@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch>
- - Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@suite.sw.oz.au>
-
-
- Happy hacking!
-
- Bjorn Ekwall == bj0rn@blox.se
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/LICENSE.qlcnic b/Documentation/networking/LICENSE.qlcnic
index e7fb2c6023b..2ae3b64983a 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/LICENSE.qlcnic
+++ b/Documentation/networking/LICENSE.qlcnic
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2009-2011 QLogic Corporation
+Copyright (c) 2009-2013 QLogic Corporation
QLogic Linux qlcnic NIC Driver
You may modify and redistribute the device driver code under the
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/cs89x0.txt b/Documentation/networking/cs89x0.txt
index c725d33b316..0e190180eec 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/cs89x0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/cs89x0.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ TABLE OF CONTENTS
4.1 Compiling the Driver as a Loadable Module
4.2 Compiling the driver to support memory mode
4.3 Compiling the driver to support Rx DMA
- 4.4 Compiling the Driver into the Kernel
5.0 TESTING AND TROUBLESHOOTING
5.1 Known Defects and Limitations
@@ -364,84 +363,6 @@ The compile-time optionality for DMA was removed in the 2.3 kernel
series. DMA support is now unconditionally part of the driver. It is
enabled by the 'use_dma=1' module option.
-4.4 COMPILING THE DRIVER INTO THE KERNEL
-
-If your Linux distribution already has support for the cs89x0 driver
-then simply copy the source file to the /usr/src/linux/drivers/net
-directory to replace the original ones and run the make utility to
-rebuild the kernel. See Step 3 for rebuilding the kernel.
-
-If your Linux does not include the cs89x0 driver, you need to edit three
-configuration files, copy the source file to the /usr/src/linux/drivers/net
-directory, and then run the make utility to rebuild the kernel.
-
-1. Edit the following configuration files by adding the statements as
-indicated. (When possible, try to locate the added text to the section of the
-file containing similar statements).
-
-
-a.) In /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/Config.in, add:
-
-tristate 'CS89x0 support' CONFIG_CS89x0
-
-Example:
-
- if [ "$CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL" = "y" ]; then
- tristate 'ICL EtherTeam 16i/32 support' CONFIG_ETH16I
- fi
-
- tristate 'CS89x0 support' CONFIG_CS89x0
-
- tristate 'NE2000/NE1000 support' CONFIG_NE2000
- if [ "$CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL" = "y" ]; then
- tristate 'NI5210 support' CONFIG_NI52
-
-
-b.) In /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/Makefile, add the following lines:
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_CS89x0),y)
-L_OBJS += cs89x0.o
-else
- ifeq ($(CONFIG_CS89x0),m)
- M_OBJS += cs89x0.o
- endif
-endif
-
-
-c.) In /linux/drivers/net/Space.c file, add the line:
-
-extern int cs89x0_probe(struct device *dev);
-
-
-Example:
-
- extern int ultra_probe(struct device *dev);
- extern int wd_probe(struct device *dev);
- extern int el2_probe(struct device *dev);
-
- extern int cs89x0_probe(struct device *dev);
-
- extern int ne_probe(struct device *dev);
- extern int hp_probe(struct device *dev);
- extern int hp_plus_probe(struct device *dev);
-
-
-Also add:
-
- #ifdef CONFIG_CS89x0
- { cs89x0_probe,0 },
- #endif
-
-
-2.) Copy the driver source files (cs89x0.c and cs89x0.h)
-into the /usr/src/linux/drivers/net directory.
-
-
-3.) Go to /usr/src/linux directory and run 'make config' followed by 'make'
-(or make bzImage) to rebuild the kernel.
-
-4.) Use the DOS 'setup' utility to disable plug and play on the NIC.
-
5.0 TESTING AND TROUBLESHOOTING
===============================================================================
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/depca.txt b/Documentation/networking/depca.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 24c6b26e565..00000000000
--- a/Documentation/networking/depca.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-
-DE10x
-=====
-
-Memory Addresses:
-
- SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4
-64K on on on on d0000 dbfff
- off on on on c0000 cbfff
- off off on on e0000 ebfff
-
-32K on on off on d8000 dbfff
- off on off on c8000 cbfff
- off off off on e8000 ebfff
-
-DBR ROM on on dc000 dffff
- off on cc000 cffff
- off off ec000 effff
-
-Note that the 2K mode is set by SW3/SW4 on/off or off/off. Address
-assignment is through the RBSA register.
-
-I/O Address:
- SW5
-0x300 on
-0x200 off
-
-Remote Boot:
- SW6
-Disable on
-Enable off
-
-Remote Boot Timeout:
- SW7
-2.5min on
-30s off
-
-IRQ:
- SW8 SW9 SW10 SW11 SW12
-2 on off off off off
-3 off on off off off
-4 off off on off off
-5 off off off on off
-7 off off off off on
-
-DE20x
-=====
-
-Memory Size:
-
- SW3 SW4
-64K on on
-32K off on
-2K on off
-2K off off
-
-Start Addresses:
-
- SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4
-64K on on on on c0000 cffff
- on off on on d0000 dffff
- off on on on e0000 effff
-
-32K on on off off c8000 cffff
- on off off off d8000 dffff
- off on off off e8000 effff
-
-Illegal off off - - - -
-
-I/O Address:
- SW5
-0x300 on
-0x200 off
-
-Remote Boot:
- SW6
-Disable on
-Enable off
-
-Remote Boot Timeout:
- SW7
-2.5min on
-30s off
-
-IRQ:
- SW8 SW9 SW10 SW11 SW12
-5 on off off off off
-9 off on off off off
-10 off off on off off
-11 off off off on off
-15 off off off off on
-
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ewrk3.txt b/Documentation/networking/ewrk3.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 90e9e5f16e6..00000000000
--- a/Documentation/networking/ewrk3.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-The EtherWORKS 3 driver in this distribution is designed to work with all
-kernels > 1.1.33 (approx) and includes tools in the 'ewrk3tools'
-subdirectory to allow set up of the card, similar to the MSDOS
-'NICSETUP.EXE' tools provided on the DOS drivers disk (type 'make' in that
-subdirectory to make the tools).
-
-The supported cards are DE203, DE204 and DE205. All other cards are NOT
-supported - refer to 'depca.c' for running the LANCE based network cards and
-'de4x5.c' for the DIGITAL Semiconductor PCI chip based adapters from
-Digital.
-
-The ability to load this driver as a loadable module has been included and
-used extensively during the driver development (to save those long reboot
-sequences). To utilise this ability, you have to do 8 things:
-
- 0) have a copy of the loadable modules code installed on your system.
- 1) copy ewrk3.c from the /linux/drivers/net directory to your favourite
- temporary directory.
- 2) edit the source code near line 1898 to reflect the I/O address and
- IRQ you're using.
- 3) compile ewrk3.c, but include -DMODULE in the command line to ensure
- that the correct bits are compiled (see end of source code).
- 4) if you are wanting to add a new card, goto 5. Otherwise, recompile a
- kernel with the ewrk3 configuration turned off and reboot.
- 5) insmod ewrk3.o
- [Alan Cox: Changed this so you can insmod ewrk3.o irq=x io=y]
- [Adam Kropelin: Multiple cards now supported by irq=x1,x2 io=y1,y2]
- 6) run the net startup bits for your new eth?? interface manually
- (usually /etc/rc.inet[12] at boot time).
- 7) enjoy!
-
- Note that autoprobing is not allowed in loadable modules - the system is
- already up and running and you're messing with interrupts.
-
- To unload a module, turn off the associated interface
- 'ifconfig eth?? down' then 'rmmod ewrk3'.
-
-The performance we've achieved so far has been measured through the 'ttcp'
-tool at 975kB/s. This measures the total TCP stack performance which
-includes the card, so don't expect to get much nearer the 1.25MB/s
-theoretical Ethernet rate.
-
-
-Enjoy!
-
-Dave
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/filter.txt b/Documentation/networking/filter.txt
index bbf2005270b..cdb3e40b9d1 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/filter.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/filter.txt
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ creating filters.
LSF is much simpler than BPF. One does not have to worry about
devices or anything like that. You simply create your filter
-code, send it to the kernel via the SO_ATTACH_FILTER ioctl and
+code, send it to the kernel via the SO_ATTACH_FILTER option and
if your filter code passes the kernel check on it, you then
immediately begin filtering data on that socket.
You can also detach filters from your socket via the
-SO_DETACH_FILTER ioctl. This will probably not be used much
+SO_DETACH_FILTER option. This will probably not be used much
since when you close a socket that has a filter on it the
filter is automagically removed. The other less common case
may be adding a different filter on the same socket where you had another
@@ -31,12 +31,19 @@ the old one and placing your new one in its place, assuming your
filter has passed the checks, otherwise if it fails the old filter
will remain on that socket.
+SO_LOCK_FILTER option allows to lock the filter attached to a
+socket. Once set, a filter cannot be removed or changed. This allows
+one process to setup a socket, attach a filter, lock it then drop
+privileges and be assured that the filter will be kept until the
+socket is closed.
+
Examples
========
Ioctls-
setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ATTACH_FILTER, &Filter, sizeof(Filter));
setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_DETACH_FILTER, &value, sizeof(value));
+setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_LOCK_FILTER, &value, sizeof(value));
See the BSD bpf.4 manpage and the BSD Packet Filter paper written by
Steven McCanne and Van Jacobson of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index dbca6618208..dc2dc87d255 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ route/max_size - INTEGER
Maximum number of routes allowed in the kernel. Increase
this when using large numbers of interfaces and/or routes.
+neigh/default/gc_thresh1 - INTEGER
+ Minimum number of entries to keep. Garbage collector will not
+ purge entries if there are fewer than this number.
+ Default: 256
+
neigh/default/gc_thresh3 - INTEGER
Maximum number of neighbor entries allowed. Increase this
when using large numbers of interfaces and when communicating
@@ -125,17 +130,6 @@ somaxconn - INTEGER
Defaults to 128. See also tcp_max_syn_backlog for additional tuning
for TCP sockets.
-tcp_abc - INTEGER
- Controls Appropriate Byte Count (ABC) defined in RFC3465.
- ABC is a way of increasing congestion window (cwnd) more slowly
- in response to partial acknowledgments.
- Possible values are:
- 0 increase cwnd once per acknowledgment (no ABC)
- 1 increase cwnd once per acknowledgment of full sized segment
- 2 allow increase cwnd by two if acknowledgment is
- of two segments to compensate for delayed acknowledgments.
- Default: 0 (off)
-
tcp_abort_on_overflow - BOOLEAN
If listening service is too slow to accept new connections,
reset them. Default state is FALSE. It means that if overflow
@@ -214,7 +208,8 @@ tcp_ecn - INTEGER
congestion before having to drop packets.
Possible values are:
0 Disable ECN. Neither initiate nor accept ECN.
- 1 Always request ECN on outgoing connection attempts.
+ 1 Enable ECN when requested by incoming connections and
+ also request ECN on outgoing connection attempts.
2 Enable ECN when requested by incoming connections
but do not request ECN on outgoing connections.
Default: 2
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/multicast.txt b/Documentation/networking/multicast.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index b06c8c69266..00000000000
--- a/Documentation/networking/multicast.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-Behaviour of Cards Under Multicast
-==================================
-
-This is how they currently behave, not what the hardware can do--for example,
-the Lance driver doesn't use its filter, even though the code for loading
-it is in the DEC Lance-based driver.
-
-The following are requirements for multicasting
------------------------------------------------
-AppleTalk Multicast hardware filtering not important but
- avoid cards only doing promisc
-IP-Multicast Multicast hardware filters really help
-IP-MRoute AllMulti hardware filters are of no help
-
-
-Board Multicast AllMulti Promisc Filter
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-3c501 YES YES YES Software
-3c503 YES YES YES Hardware
-3c505 YES NO YES Hardware
-3c507 NO NO NO N/A
-3c509 YES YES YES Software
-3c59x YES YES YES Software
-ac3200 YES YES YES Hardware
-apricot YES PROMISC YES Hardware
-arcnet NO NO NO N/A
-at1700 PROMISC PROMISC YES Software
-atp PROMISC PROMISC YES Software
-cs89x0 YES YES YES Software
-de4x5 YES YES YES Hardware
-de600 NO NO NO N/A
-de620 PROMISC PROMISC YES Software
-depca YES PROMISC YES Hardware
-dmfe YES YES YES Software(*)
-e2100 YES YES YES Hardware
-eepro YES PROMISC YES Hardware
-eexpress NO NO NO N/A
-ewrk3 YES PROMISC YES Hardware
-hp-plus YES YES YES Hardware
-hp YES YES YES Hardware
-hp100 YES YES YES Hardware
-ibmtr NO NO NO N/A
-ioc3-eth YES YES YES Hardware
-lance YES YES YES Software(#)
-ne YES YES YES Hardware
-ni52 <------------------ Buggy ------------------>
-ni65 YES YES YES Software(#)
-seeq NO NO NO N/A
-sgiseek <------------------ Buggy ------------------>
-smc-ultra YES YES YES Hardware
-sunlance YES YES YES Hardware
-tulip YES YES YES Hardware
-wavelan YES PROMISC YES Hardware
-wd YES YES YES Hardware
-xirc2ps_cs YES YES YES Hardware
-znet YES YES YES Software
-
-
-PROMISC = This multicast mode is in fact promiscuous mode. Avoid using
-cards who go PROMISC on any multicast in a multicast kernel.
-
-(#) = Hardware multicast support is not used yet.
-(*) = Hardware support for Davicom 9132 chipset only.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt
index 2e9e0ae2cd4..a5d574a9ae0 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
started by Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, 2001.09.17
2.6 port and netpoll api by Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>, Sep 9 2003
+IPv6 support by Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>, Jan 1 2013
Please send bug reports to Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
-and Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@gmail.com>
+Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@gmail.com>, and Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Introduction:
=============
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ Examples:
insmod netconsole netconsole=@/,@10.0.0.2/
+ or using IPv6
+
+ insmod netconsole netconsole=@/,@fd00:1:2:3::1/
+
It also supports logging to multiple remote agents by specifying
parameters for the multiple agents separated by semicolons and the
complete string enclosed in "quotes", thusly:
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..70da5086153
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+/proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_* Variables:
+
+nf_conntrack_acct - BOOLEAN
+ 0 - disabled (default)
+ not 0 - enabled
+
+ Enable connection tracking flow accounting. 64-bit byte and packet
+ counters per flow are added.
+
+nf_conntrack_buckets - INTEGER (read-only)
+ Size of hash table. If not specified as parameter during module
+ loading, the default size is calculated by dividing total memory
+ by 16384 to determine the number of buckets but the hash table will
+ never have fewer than 32 or more than 16384 buckets.
+
+nf_conntrack_checksum - BOOLEAN
+ 0 - disabled
+ not 0 - enabled (default)
+
+ Verify checksum of incoming packets. Packets with bad checksums are
+ in INVALID state. If this is enabled, such packets will not be
+ considered for connection tracking.
+
+nf_conntrack_count - INTEGER (read-only)
+ Number of currently allocated flow entries.
+
+nf_conntrack_events - BOOLEAN
+ 0 - disabled
+ not 0 - enabled (default)
+
+ If this option is enabled, the connection tracking code will
+ provide userspace with connection tracking events via ctnetlink.
+
+nf_conntrack_events_retry_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
+ default 15
+
+ This option is only relevant when "reliable connection tracking
+ events" are used. Normally, ctnetlink is "lossy", that is,
+ events are normally dropped when userspace listeners can't keep up.
+
+ Userspace can request "reliable event mode". When this mode is
+ active, the conntrack will only be destroyed after the event was
+ delivered. If event delivery fails, the kernel periodically
+ re-tries to send the event to userspace.
+
+ This is the maximum interval the kernel should use when re-trying
+ to deliver the destroy event.
+
+ A higher number means there will be fewer delivery retries and it
+ will take longer for a backlog to be processed.
+
+nf_conntrack_expect_max - INTEGER
+ Maximum size of expectation table. Default value is
+ nf_conntrack_buckets / 256. Minimum is 1.
+
+nf_conntrack_frag6_high_thresh - INTEGER
+ default 262144
+
+ Maximum memory used to reassemble IPv6 fragments. When
+ nf_conntrack_frag6_high_thresh bytes of memory is allocated for this
+ purpose, the fragment handler will toss packets until
+ nf_conntrack_frag6_low_thresh is reached.
+
+nf_conntrack_frag6_low_thresh - INTEGER
+ default 196608
+
+ See nf_conntrack_frag6_low_thresh
+
+nf_conntrack_frag6_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
+ default 60
+
+ Time to keep an IPv6 fragment in memory.
+
+nf_conntrack_generic_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
+ default 600
+
+ Default for generic timeout. This refers to layer 4 unknown/unsupported
+ protocols.
+
+nf_conntrack_helper - BOOLEAN
+ 0 - disabled
+ not 0 - enabled (default)
+
+ Enable automatic conntrack helper assignment.
+
+nf_conntrack_icmp_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
+ default 30
+
+ Default for ICMP timeout.
+
+nf_conntrack_icmpv6_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
+ default 30
+
+ Default for ICMP6 timeout.
+
+nf_conntrack_log_invalid - INTEGER
+ 0 - disable (default)
+ 1 - log ICMP packets
+ 6 - log TCP packets
+ 17 - log UDP packets
+ 33 - log DCCP packets
+ 41 - log ICMPv6 packets
+ 136 - log UDPLITE packets
+ 255 - log packets of any protocol
+
+ Log invalid packets of a type specified by value.
+
+nf_conntrack_max - INTEGER
+ Size of connection tracking table. Default value is
+ nf_conntrack_buckets value * 4.
+
+nf_conntrack_tcp_be_liberal - BOOLEAN
+ 0 - disabled (default)
+ not 0 - enabled
+
+ Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.
+ If it's non-zero, we mark only out of window RST segments as INVALID.
+
+nf_conntrack_tcp_loose - BOOLEAN
+ 0 - disabled
+ not 0 - enabled (default)
+
+ If it is set to zero, we disable picking up already established
+ connections.
+
+nf_conntrack_tcp_max_retrans - INTEGER
+ default 3
+
+ Maximum number of packets that can be retransmitted without
+ received an (acceptable) ACK from the destination. If this number
+ is reached, a shorter timer will be started.
+
+nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_close - INTEGER (seconds)
+ default 10
+
+nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_close_wait - INTEGER (seconds)
+ default 60
+
+nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_established - INTEGER (seconds)
+ default 432000 (5 days)
+
+nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_fin_wait - INTEGER (seconds)
+ default 120
+
+nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_last_ack - INTEGER (seconds)
+ default 30
+
+nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_max_retrans - INTEGER (seconds)
+ default 300
+
+nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_syn_recv - INTEGER (seconds)
+ default 60
+
+nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_syn_sent - INTEGER (seconds)
+ default 120
+
+nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_time_wait - INTEGER (seconds)
+ default 120
+
+nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_unacknowledged - INTEGER (seconds)
+ default 300
+
+nf_conntrack_timestamp - BOOLEAN
+ 0 - disabled (default)
+ not 0 - enabled
+
+ Enable connection tracking flow timestamping.
+
+nf_conntrack_udp_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
+ default 30
+
+nf_conntrack_udp_timeout_stream2 - INTEGER (seconds)
+ default 180
+
+ This extended timeout will be used in case there is an UDP stream
+ detected.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/operstates.txt b/Documentation/networking/operstates.txt
index 1a77a3cfae5..97694572338 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/operstates.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/operstates.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ set this flag. On netif_carrier_off(), the scheduler stops sending
packets. The name 'carrier' and the inversion are historical, think of
it as lower layer.
+Note that for certain kind of soft-devices, which are not managing any
+real hardware, there is possible to set this bit from userpsace.
+One should use TVL IFLA_CARRIER to do so.
+
netif_carrier_ok() can be used to query that bit.
__LINK_STATE_DORMANT, maps to IFF_DORMANT:
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/phy.txt b/Documentation/networking/phy.txt
index 95e5f5985a2..d5b1a393524 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/phy.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/phy.txt
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Letting the PHY Abstraction Layer do Everything
Now, to connect, just call this function:
- phydev = phy_connect(dev, phy_name, &adjust_link, flags, interface);
+ phydev = phy_connect(dev, phy_name, &adjust_link, interface);
phydev is a pointer to the phy_device structure which represents the PHY. If
phy_connect is successful, it will return the pointer. dev, here, is the
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ Letting the PHY Abstraction Layer do Everything
current state, though the PHY will not yet be truly operational at this
point.
- flags is a u32 which can optionally contain phy-specific flags.
+ PHY-specific flags should be set in phydev->dev_flags prior to the call
+ to phy_connect() such that the underlying PHY driver can check for flags
+ and perform specific operations based on them.
This is useful if the system has put hardware restrictions on
the PHY/controller, of which the PHY needs to be aware.
@@ -185,11 +187,10 @@ Doing it all yourself
start, or disables then frees them for stop.
struct phy_device * phy_attach(struct net_device *dev, const char *phy_id,
- u32 flags, phy_interface_t interface);
+ phy_interface_t interface);
Attaches a network device to a particular PHY, binding the PHY to a generic
- driver if none was found during bus initialization. Passes in
- any phy-specific flags as needed.
+ driver if none was found during bus initialization.
int phy_start_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev);