From f25f4e44808f0f6c9875d94ef1c41ef86c288eb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 13:36:20 -0700 Subject: [CORE] Stack changes to add multiqueue hardware support API Add the multiqueue hardware device support API to the core network stack. Allow drivers to allocate multiple queues and manage them at the netdev level if they choose to do so. Added a new field to sk_buff, namely queue_mapping, for drivers to know which tx_ring to select based on OS classification of the flow. Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/Kconfig | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/net/Kconfig') diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig index c251cca295c..d4e39ff1545 100644 --- a/drivers/net/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig @@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ menuconfig NETDEVICES # that for each of the symbols. if NETDEVICES +config NETDEVICES_MULTIQUEUE + bool "Netdevice multiple hardware queue support" + ---help--- + Say Y here if you want to allow the network stack to use multiple + hardware TX queues on an ethernet device. + + Most people will say N here. + config IFB tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support" depends on NET_CLS_ACT -- cgit v1.2.3