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diff --git a/net/sched/Kconfig b/net/sched/Kconfig
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 #
 # Traffic control configuration.
 # 
+
+menuconfig NET_SCHED
+        bool "QoS and/or fair queueing"
+        ---help---
+          When the kernel has several packets to send out over a network
+          device, it has to decide which ones to send first, which ones to
+          delay, and which ones to drop. This is the job of the packet
+          scheduler, and several different algorithms for how to do this
+          "fairly" have been proposed.
+
+          If you say N here, you will get the standard packet scheduler, which
+          is a FIFO (first come, first served). If you say Y here, you will be
+          able to choose from among several alternative algorithms which can
+          then be attached to different network devices. This is useful for
+          example if some of your network devices are real time devices that
+          need a certain minimum data flow rate, or if you need to limit the
+          maximum data flow rate for traffic which matches specified criteria.
+          This code is considered to be experimental.
+
+          To administer these schedulers, you'll need the user-level utilities
+          from the package iproute2+tc at <ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/net/ip-routing/>.
+          That package also contains some documentation; for more, check out
+          <http://snafu.freedom.org/linux2.2/iproute-notes.html>.
+
+          This Quality of Service (QoS) support will enable you to use
+          Differentiated Services (diffserv) and Resource Reservation Protocol
+          (RSVP) on your Linux router if you also say Y to "QoS support",
+          "Packet classifier API" and to some classifiers below. Documentation
+          and software is at <http://diffserv.sourceforge.net/>.
+
+          If you say Y here and to "/proc file system" below, you will be able
+          to read status information about packet schedulers from the file
+          /proc/net/psched.
+
+          The available schedulers are listed in the following questions; you
+          can say Y to as many as you like. If unsure, say N now.
+
 choice
         prompt "Packet scheduler clock source"
         depends on NET_SCHED