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author | David Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com> | 2009-01-02 08:17:13 -0500 |
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committer | David Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com> | 2009-01-02 08:17:13 -0500 |
commit | b21a207141d83a06abc5f492b80204602e02ca44 (patch) | |
tree | f0152cde543008c72d7eb5c12c18095ad92785e6 /Documentation/networking | |
parent | 3af373021fa32f8f787bfbdcc1a9277a287bde4e (diff) | |
parent | b58602a4bac012b5f4fc12fe6b46ab237b610d5d (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 into for-upstream
Conflicts:
drivers/uwb/wlp/eda.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/bonding.txt | 68 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/dccp.txt | 32 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/driver.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt | 22 |
9 files changed, 109 insertions, 42 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 b/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 index 4f2a40f1dbc6..80c728522c4c 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 +++ b/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 | |||
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Where the supported parameter are: | |||
147 | driver. If disabled, the driver will not attempt to scan | 147 | driver. If disabled, the driver will not attempt to scan |
148 | for and associate to a network until it has been configured with | 148 | for and associate to a network until it has been configured with |
149 | one or more properties for the target network, for example configuring | 149 | one or more properties for the target network, for example configuring |
150 | the network SSID. Default is 1 (auto-associate) | 150 | the network SSID. Default is 0 (do not auto-associate) |
151 | 151 | ||
152 | Example: % modprobe ipw2200 associate=0 | 152 | Example: % modprobe ipw2200 associate=0 |
153 | 153 | ||
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index 688dfe1e6b70..5ede7473b425 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt | |||
@@ -194,6 +194,48 @@ or, for backwards compatibility, the option value. E.g., | |||
194 | 194 | ||
195 | The parameters are as follows: | 195 | The parameters are as follows: |
196 | 196 | ||
197 | ad_select | ||
198 | |||
199 | Specifies the 802.3ad aggregation selection logic to use. The | ||
200 | possible values and their effects are: | ||
201 | |||
202 | stable or 0 | ||
203 | |||
204 | The active aggregator is chosen by largest aggregate | ||
205 | bandwidth. | ||
206 | |||
207 | Reselection of the active aggregator occurs only when all | ||
208 | slaves of the active aggregator are down or the active | ||
209 | aggregator has no slaves. | ||
210 | |||
211 | This is the default value. | ||
212 | |||
213 | bandwidth or 1 | ||
214 | |||
215 | The active aggregator is chosen by largest aggregate | ||
216 | bandwidth. Reselection occurs if: | ||
217 | |||
218 | - A slave is added to or removed from the bond | ||
219 | |||
220 | - Any slave's link state changes | ||
221 | |||
222 | - Any slave's 802.3ad association state changes | ||
223 | |||
224 | - The bond's adminstrative state changes to up | ||
225 | |||
226 | count or 2 | ||
227 | |||
228 | The active aggregator is chosen by the largest number of | ||
229 | ports (slaves). Reselection occurs as described under the | ||
230 | "bandwidth" setting, above. | ||
231 | |||
232 | The bandwidth and count selection policies permit failover of | ||
233 | 802.3ad aggregations when partial failure of the active aggregator | ||
234 | occurs. This keeps the aggregator with the highest availability | ||
235 | (either in bandwidth or in number of ports) active at all times. | ||
236 | |||
237 | This option was added in bonding version 3.4.0. | ||
238 | |||
197 | arp_interval | 239 | arp_interval |
198 | 240 | ||
199 | Specifies the ARP link monitoring frequency in milliseconds. | 241 | Specifies the ARP link monitoring frequency in milliseconds. |
@@ -551,6 +593,16 @@ num_grat_arp | |||
551 | affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for | 593 | affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for |
552 | bonding version 3.3.0. | 594 | bonding version 3.3.0. |
553 | 595 | ||
596 | num_unsol_na | ||
597 | |||
598 | Specifies the number of unsolicited IPv6 Neighbor Advertisements | ||
599 | to be issued after a failover event. One unsolicited NA is issued | ||
600 | immediately after the failover. | ||
601 | |||
602 | The valid range is 0 - 255; the default value is 1. This option | ||
603 | affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for | ||
604 | bonding version 3.4.0. | ||
605 | |||
554 | primary | 606 | primary |
555 | 607 | ||
556 | A string (eth0, eth2, etc) specifying which slave is the | 608 | A string (eth0, eth2, etc) specifying which slave is the |
@@ -922,17 +974,19 @@ USERCTL=no | |||
922 | NETMASK, NETWORK and BROADCAST) to match your network configuration. | 974 | NETMASK, NETWORK and BROADCAST) to match your network configuration. |
923 | 975 | ||
924 | For later versions of initscripts, such as that found with Fedora | 976 | For later versions of initscripts, such as that found with Fedora |
925 | 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 (or later), it is possible, and, | 977 | 7 (or later) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 (or later), it is possible, |
926 | indeed, preferable, to specify the bonding options in the ifcfg-bond0 | 978 | and, indeed, preferable, to specify the bonding options in the ifcfg-bond0 |
927 | file, e.g. a line of the format: | 979 | file, e.g. a line of the format: |
928 | 980 | ||
929 | BONDING_OPTS="mode=active-backup arp_interval=60 arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.254" | 981 | BONDING_OPTS="mode=active-backup arp_interval=60 arp_ip_target=192.168.1.254" |
930 | 982 | ||
931 | will configure the bond with the specified options. The options | 983 | will configure the bond with the specified options. The options |
932 | specified in BONDING_OPTS are identical to the bonding module parameters | 984 | specified in BONDING_OPTS are identical to the bonding module parameters |
933 | except for the arp_ip_target field. Each target should be included as a | 985 | except for the arp_ip_target field when using versions of initscripts older |
934 | separate option and should be preceded by a '+' to indicate it should be | 986 | than and 8.57 (Fedora 8) and 8.45.19 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2). When |
935 | added to the list of queried targets, e.g., | 987 | using older versions each target should be included as a separate option and |
988 | should be preceded by a '+' to indicate it should be added to the list of | ||
989 | queried targets, e.g., | ||
936 | 990 | ||
937 | arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.1 arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.2 | 991 | arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.1 arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.2 |
938 | 992 | ||
@@ -940,7 +994,7 @@ added to the list of queried targets, e.g., | |||
940 | options via BONDING_OPTS, it is not necessary to edit /etc/modules.conf or | 994 | options via BONDING_OPTS, it is not necessary to edit /etc/modules.conf or |
941 | /etc/modprobe.conf. | 995 | /etc/modprobe.conf. |
942 | 996 | ||
943 | For older versions of initscripts that do not support | 997 | For even older versions of initscripts that do not support |
944 | BONDING_OPTS, it is necessary to edit /etc/modules.conf (or | 998 | BONDING_OPTS, it is necessary to edit /etc/modules.conf (or |
945 | /etc/modprobe.conf, depending upon your distro) to load the bonding module | 999 | /etc/modprobe.conf, depending upon your distro) to load the bonding module |
946 | with your desired options when the bond0 interface is brought up. The | 1000 | with your desired options when the bond0 interface is brought up. The |
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt b/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt index 39131a3c78f8..7a3bb1abb830 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt | |||
@@ -57,6 +57,24 @@ can be set before calling bind(). | |||
57 | DCCP_SOCKOPT_GET_CUR_MPS is read-only and retrieves the current maximum packet | 57 | DCCP_SOCKOPT_GET_CUR_MPS is read-only and retrieves the current maximum packet |
58 | size (application payload size) in bytes, see RFC 4340, section 14. | 58 | size (application payload size) in bytes, see RFC 4340, section 14. |
59 | 59 | ||
60 | DCCP_SOCKOPT_AVAILABLE_CCIDS is also read-only and returns the list of CCIDs | ||
61 | supported by the endpoint (see include/linux/dccp.h for symbolic constants). | ||
62 | The caller needs to provide a sufficiently large (> 2) array of type uint8_t. | ||
63 | |||
64 | DCCP_SOCKOPT_CCID is write-only and sets both the TX and RX CCIDs at the same | ||
65 | time, combining the operation of the next two socket options. This option is | ||
66 | preferrable over the latter two, since often applications will use the same | ||
67 | type of CCID for both directions; and mixed use of CCIDs is not currently well | ||
68 | understood. This socket option takes as argument at least one uint8_t value, or | ||
69 | an array of uint8_t values, which must match available CCIDS (see above). CCIDs | ||
70 | must be registered on the socket before calling connect() or listen(). | ||
71 | |||
72 | DCCP_SOCKOPT_TX_CCID is read/write. It returns the current CCID (if set) or sets | ||
73 | the preference list for the TX CCID, using the same format as DCCP_SOCKOPT_CCID. | ||
74 | Please note that the getsockopt argument type here is `int', not uint8_t. | ||
75 | |||
76 | DCCP_SOCKOPT_RX_CCID is analogous to DCCP_SOCKOPT_TX_CCID, but for the RX CCID. | ||
77 | |||
60 | DCCP_SOCKOPT_SERVER_TIMEWAIT enables the server (listening socket) to hold | 78 | DCCP_SOCKOPT_SERVER_TIMEWAIT enables the server (listening socket) to hold |
61 | timewait state when closing the connection (RFC 4340, 8.3). The usual case is | 79 | timewait state when closing the connection (RFC 4340, 8.3). The usual case is |
62 | that the closing server sends a CloseReq, whereupon the client holds timewait | 80 | that the closing server sends a CloseReq, whereupon the client holds timewait |
@@ -115,20 +133,12 @@ retries2 | |||
115 | importance for retransmitted acknowledgments and feature negotiation, | 133 | importance for retransmitted acknowledgments and feature negotiation, |
116 | data packets are never retransmitted. Analogue of tcp_retries2. | 134 | data packets are never retransmitted. Analogue of tcp_retries2. |
117 | 135 | ||
118 | send_ndp = 1 | ||
119 | Whether or not to send NDP count options (sec. 7.7.2). | ||
120 | |||
121 | send_ackvec = 1 | ||
122 | Whether or not to send Ack Vector options (sec. 11.5). | ||
123 | |||
124 | ack_ratio = 2 | ||
125 | The default Ack Ratio (sec. 11.3) to use. | ||
126 | |||
127 | tx_ccid = 2 | 136 | tx_ccid = 2 |
128 | Default CCID for the sender-receiver half-connection. | 137 | Default CCID for the sender-receiver half-connection. Depending on the |
138 | choice of CCID, the Send Ack Vector feature is enabled automatically. | ||
129 | 139 | ||
130 | rx_ccid = 2 | 140 | rx_ccid = 2 |
131 | Default CCID for the receiver-sender half-connection. | 141 | Default CCID for the receiver-sender half-connection; see tx_ccid. |
132 | 142 | ||
133 | seq_window = 100 | 143 | seq_window = 100 |
134 | The initial sequence window (sec. 7.5.2). | 144 | The initial sequence window (sec. 7.5.2). |
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/driver.txt b/Documentation/networking/driver.txt index ea72d2e66ca8..03283daa64fe 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/driver.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/driver.txt | |||
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Transmit path guidelines: | |||
13 | static int drv_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, | 13 | static int drv_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, |
14 | struct net_device *dev) | 14 | struct net_device *dev) |
15 | { | 15 | { |
16 | struct drv *dp = dev->priv; | 16 | struct drv *dp = netdev_priv(dev); |
17 | 17 | ||
18 | lock_tx(dp); | 18 | lock_tx(dp); |
19 | ... | 19 | ... |
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt b/Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt index 31bc8b759b75..4eb3cc40b702 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt | |||
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl> | |||
3 | 3 | ||
4 | 4 | ||
5 | Generic HDLC layer currently supports: | 5 | Generic HDLC layer currently supports: |
6 | 1. Frame Relay (ANSI, CCITT, Cisco and no LMI). | 6 | 1. Frame Relay (ANSI, CCITT, Cisco and no LMI) |
7 | - Normal (routed) and Ethernet-bridged (Ethernet device emulation) | 7 | - Normal (routed) and Ethernet-bridged (Ethernet device emulation) |
8 | interfaces can share a single PVC. | 8 | interfaces can share a single PVC. |
9 | - ARP support (no InARP support in the kernel - there is an | 9 | - ARP support (no InARP support in the kernel - there is an |
10 | experimental InARP user-space daemon available on: | 10 | experimental InARP user-space daemon available on: |
11 | http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/hdlc/). | 11 | http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/hdlc/). |
12 | 2. raw HDLC - either IP (IPv4) interface or Ethernet device emulation. | 12 | 2. raw HDLC - either IP (IPv4) interface or Ethernet device emulation |
13 | 3. Cisco HDLC. | 13 | 3. Cisco HDLC |
14 | 4. PPP (uses syncppp.c). | 14 | 4. PPP |
15 | 5. X.25 (uses X.25 routines). | 15 | 5. X.25 (uses X.25 routines). |
16 | 16 | ||
17 | Generic HDLC is a protocol driver only - it needs a low-level driver | 17 | Generic HDLC is a protocol driver only - it needs a low-level driver |
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index d84932650fd3..c7712787933c 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | |||
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ min_adv_mss - INTEGER | |||
27 | The advertised MSS depends on the first hop route MTU, but will | 27 | The advertised MSS depends on the first hop route MTU, but will |
28 | never be lower than this setting. | 28 | never be lower than this setting. |
29 | 29 | ||
30 | rt_cache_rebuild_count - INTEGER | ||
31 | The per net-namespace route cache emergency rebuild threshold. | ||
32 | Any net-namespace having its route cache rebuilt due to | ||
33 | a hash bucket chain being too long more than this many times | ||
34 | will have its route caching disabled | ||
35 | |||
30 | IP Fragmentation: | 36 | IP Fragmentation: |
31 | 37 | ||
32 | ipfrag_high_thresh - INTEGER | 38 | ipfrag_high_thresh - INTEGER |
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README b/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README index 2ff8ccb8dc37..24ac91d56698 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README +++ b/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README | |||
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ associates with the AP. hostapd and wpa_supplicant are used to take | |||
50 | care of WPA2-PSK authentication. In addition, hostapd is also | 50 | care of WPA2-PSK authentication. In addition, hostapd is also |
51 | processing access point side of association. | 51 | processing access point side of association. |
52 | 52 | ||
53 | Please note that the current Linux kernel does not enable AP mode, so a | ||
54 | simple patch is needed to enable AP mode selection: | ||
55 | http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/LATEST/006-allow-ap-vlan-modes.patch | ||
56 | |||
57 | 53 | ||
58 | # Build mac80211_hwsim as part of kernel configuration | 54 | # Build mac80211_hwsim as part of kernel configuration |
59 | 55 | ||
@@ -65,3 +61,8 @@ hostapd hostapd.conf | |||
65 | 61 | ||
66 | # Run wpa_supplicant (station) for wlan1 | 62 | # Run wpa_supplicant (station) for wlan1 |
67 | wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan1 -c wpa_supplicant.conf | 63 | wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan1 -c wpa_supplicant.conf |
64 | |||
65 | |||
66 | More test cases are available in hostap.git: | ||
67 | git://w1.fi/srv/git/hostap.git and mac80211_hwsim/tests subdirectory | ||
68 | (http://w1.fi/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=hostap.git;a=tree;f=mac80211_hwsim/tests) | ||
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt index d0f71fc7f782..a2ab6a0b116d 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt | |||
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ There are routines in net_init.c to handle the common cases of | |||
18 | alloc_etherdev, alloc_netdev. These reserve extra space for driver | 18 | alloc_etherdev, alloc_netdev. These reserve extra space for driver |
19 | private data which gets freed when the network device is freed. If | 19 | private data which gets freed when the network device is freed. If |
20 | separately allocated data is attached to the network device | 20 | separately allocated data is attached to the network device |
21 | (dev->priv) then it is up to the module exit handler to free that. | 21 | (netdev_priv(dev)) then it is up to the module exit handler to free that. |
22 | 22 | ||
23 | MTU | 23 | MTU |
24 | === | 24 | === |
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt b/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt index a96989a8ff35..dcf31648414a 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt | |||
@@ -131,11 +131,13 @@ are expected to do this during initialization. | |||
131 | 131 | ||
132 | r = zd_reg2alpha2(mac->regdomain, alpha2); | 132 | r = zd_reg2alpha2(mac->regdomain, alpha2); |
133 | if (!r) | 133 | if (!r) |
134 | regulatory_hint(hw->wiphy, alpha2, NULL); | 134 | regulatory_hint(hw->wiphy, alpha2); |
135 | 135 | ||
136 | Example code - drivers providing a built in regulatory domain: | 136 | Example code - drivers providing a built in regulatory domain: |
137 | -------------------------------------------------------------- | 137 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
138 | 138 | ||
139 | [NOTE: This API is not currently available, it can be added when required] | ||
140 | |||
139 | If you have regulatory information you can obtain from your | 141 | If you have regulatory information you can obtain from your |
140 | driver and you *need* to use this we let you build a regulatory domain | 142 | driver and you *need* to use this we let you build a regulatory domain |
141 | structure and pass it to the wireless core. To do this you should | 143 | structure and pass it to the wireless core. To do this you should |
@@ -167,7 +169,6 @@ struct ieee80211_regdomain mydriver_jp_regdom = { | |||
167 | 169 | ||
168 | Then in some part of your code after your wiphy has been registered: | 170 | Then in some part of your code after your wiphy has been registered: |
169 | 171 | ||
170 | int r; | ||
171 | struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd; | 172 | struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd; |
172 | int size_of_regd; | 173 | int size_of_regd; |
173 | int num_rules = mydriver_jp_regdom.n_reg_rules; | 174 | int num_rules = mydriver_jp_regdom.n_reg_rules; |
@@ -178,17 +179,12 @@ Then in some part of your code after your wiphy has been registered: | |||
178 | 179 | ||
179 | rd = kzalloc(size_of_regd, GFP_KERNEL); | 180 | rd = kzalloc(size_of_regd, GFP_KERNEL); |
180 | if (!rd) | 181 | if (!rd) |
181 | return -ENOMEM; | 182 | return -ENOMEM; |
182 | 183 | ||
183 | memcpy(rd, &mydriver_jp_regdom, sizeof(struct ieee80211_regdomain)); | 184 | memcpy(rd, &mydriver_jp_regdom, sizeof(struct ieee80211_regdomain)); |
184 | 185 | ||
185 | for (i=0; i < num_rules; i++) { | 186 | for (i=0; i < num_rules; i++) |
186 | memcpy(&rd->reg_rules[i], &mydriver_jp_regdom.reg_rules[i], | 187 | memcpy(&rd->reg_rules[i], |
187 | sizeof(struct ieee80211_reg_rule)); | 188 | &mydriver_jp_regdom.reg_rules[i], |
188 | } | 189 | sizeof(struct ieee80211_reg_rule)); |
189 | r = regulatory_hint(hw->wiphy, NULL, rd); | 190 | regulatory_struct_hint(rd); |
190 | if (r) { | ||
191 | kfree(rd); | ||
192 | return r; | ||
193 | } | ||
194 | |||