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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-05-20 13:43:21 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-05-20 13:43:21 -0700
commit06f4e926d256d902dd9a53dcb400fd74974ce087 (patch)
tree0b438b67f5f0eff6fd617bc497a9dace6164a488 /Documentation
parent8e7bfcbab3825d1b404d615cb1b54f44ff81f981 (diff)
parentd93515611bbc70c2fe4db232e5feb448ed8e4cc9 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1446 commits) macvlan: fix panic if lowerdev in a bond tg3: Add braces around 5906 workaround. tg3: Fix NETIF_F_LOOPBACK error macvlan: remove one synchronize_rcu() call networking: NET_CLS_ROUTE4 depends on INET irda: Fix error propagation in ircomm_lmp_connect_response() irda: Kill set but unused variable 'bytes' in irlan_check_command_param() irda: Kill set but unused variable 'clen' in ircomm_connect_indication() rxrpc: Fix set but unused variable 'usage' in rxrpc_get_transport() be2net: Kill set but unused variable 'req' in lancer_fw_download() irda: Kill set but unused vars 'saddr' and 'daddr' in irlan_provider_connect_indication() atl1c: atl1c_resume() is only used when CONFIG_PM_SLEEP is defined. rxrpc: Fix set but unused variable 'usage' in rxrpc_get_peer(). rxrpc: Kill set but unused variable 'local' in rxrpc_UDP_error_handler() rxrpc: Kill set but unused variable 'sp' in rxrpc_process_connection() rxrpc: Kill set but unused variable 'sp' in rxrpc_rotate_tx_window() pkt_sched: Kill set but unused variable 'protocol' in tc_classify() isdn: capi: Use pr_debug() instead of ifdefs. tg3: Update version to 3.119 tg3: Apply rx_discards fix to 5719/5720 ... Fix up trivial conflicts in arch/x86/Kconfig and net/mac80211/agg-tx.c as per Davem.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-bcma31
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/bonding.txt34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/igb.txt13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/net.txt11
6 files changed, 77 insertions, 44 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-bcma b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-bcma
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..06b62badddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-bcma
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+What: /sys/bus/bcma/devices/.../manuf
+Date: May 2011
+KernelVersion: 2.6.40
+Contact: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com>
+Description:
+ Each BCMA core has it's manufacturer id. See
+ include/linux/bcma/bcma.h for possible values.
+
+What: /sys/bus/bcma/devices/.../id
+Date: May 2011
+KernelVersion: 2.6.40
+Contact: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com>
+Description:
+ There are a few types of BCMA cores, they can be identified by
+ id field.
+
+What: /sys/bus/bcma/devices/.../rev
+Date: May 2011
+KernelVersion: 2.6.40
+Contact: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com>
+Description:
+ BCMA cores of the same type can still slightly differ depending
+ on their revision. Use it for detailed programming.
+
+What: /sys/bus/bcma/devices/.../class
+Date: May 2011
+KernelVersion: 2.6.40
+Contact: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com>
+Description:
+ Each BCMA core is identified by few fields, including class it
+ belongs to. See include/linux/bcma/bcma.h for possible values.
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index f6a24e8aa11..4cba260e305 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -35,17 +35,6 @@ Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
---------------------------
-What: AR9170USB
-When: 2.6.40
-
-Why: This driver is deprecated and the firmware is no longer
- maintained. The replacement driver "carl9170" has been
- around for a while, so the devices are still supported.
-
-Who: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
-
----------------------------
-
What: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
Check: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
When: July 2009
@@ -405,16 +394,6 @@ Who: anybody or Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org>
----------------------------
-What: capifs
-When: February 2011
-Files: drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.*
-Why: udev fully replaces this special file system that only contains CAPI
- NCCI TTY device nodes. User space (pppdcapiplugin) works without
- noticing the difference.
-Who: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>
-
-----------------------------
-
What: KVM paravirt mmu host support
When: January 2011
Why: The paravirt mmu host support is slower than non-paravirt mmu, both
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt b/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt
index ee496eb2f4a..88d4afbdef9 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[state: 27-01-2011]
+[state: 17-04-2011]
BATMAN-ADV
----------
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ duce the overhead to a minimum. It does not depend on any (other)
network driver, and can be used on wifi as well as ethernet lan,
vpn, etc ... (anything with ethernet-style layer 2).
+
CONFIGURATION
-------------
@@ -160,13 +161,13 @@ face. Each entry can/has to have the following values:
-> "TQ mac value" - src mac's link quality towards mac address
of a neighbor originator's interface which
is being used for routing
--> "HNA mac" - HNA announced by source mac
+-> "TT mac" - TT announced by source mac
-> "PRIMARY" - this is a primary interface
-> "SEC mac" - secondary mac address of source
(requires preceding PRIMARY)
The TQ value has a range from 4 to 255 with 255 being the best.
-The HNA entries are showing which hosts are connected to the mesh
+The TT entries are showing which hosts are connected to the mesh
via bat0 or being bridged into the mesh network. The PRIMARY/SEC
values are only applied on primary interfaces
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ abled during run time. Following log_levels are defined:
0 - All debug output disabled
1 - Enable messages related to routing / flooding / broadcasting
-2 - Enable route or hna added / changed / deleted
+2 - Enable route or tt entry added / changed / deleted
3 - Enable all messages
The debug output can be changed at runtime using the file
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ The debug output can be changed at runtime using the file
# echo 2 > /sys/class/net/bat0/mesh/log_level
-will enable debug messages for when routes or HNAs change.
+will enable debug messages for when routes or TTs change.
BATCTL
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
index e27202bb8d7..1f45bd887d6 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Linux Ethernet Bonding Driver HOWTO
- Latest update: 23 September 2009
+ Latest update: 27 April 2011
Initial release : Thomas Davis <tadavis at lbl.gov>
Corrections, HA extensions : 2000/10/03-15 :
@@ -585,25 +585,23 @@ mode
chosen.
num_grat_arp
-
- Specifies the number of gratuitous ARPs to be issued after a
- failover event. One gratuitous ARP is issued immediately after
- the failover, subsequent ARPs are sent at a rate of one per link
- monitor interval (arp_interval or miimon, whichever is active).
-
- The valid range is 0 - 255; the default value is 1. This option
- affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for
- bonding version 3.3.0.
-
num_unsol_na
- Specifies the number of unsolicited IPv6 Neighbor Advertisements
- to be issued after a failover event. One unsolicited NA is issued
- immediately after the failover.
-
- The valid range is 0 - 255; the default value is 1. This option
- affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for
- bonding version 3.4.0.
+ Specify the number of peer notifications (gratuitous ARPs and
+ unsolicited IPv6 Neighbor Advertisements) to be issued after a
+ failover event. As soon as the link is up on the new slave
+ (possibly immediately) a peer notification is sent on the
+ bonding device and each VLAN sub-device. This is repeated at
+ each link monitor interval (arp_interval or miimon, whichever
+ is active) if the number is greater than 1.
+
+ The valid range is 0 - 255; the default value is 1. These options
+ affect only the active-backup mode. These options were added for
+ bonding versions 3.3.0 and 3.4.0 respectively.
+
+ From Linux 2.6.40 and bonding version 3.7.1, these notifications
+ are generated by the ipv4 and ipv6 code and the numbers of
+ repetitions cannot be set independently.
primary
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/igb.txt b/Documentation/networking/igb.txt
index 98953c0d534..9a2a037194a 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/igb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/igb.txt
@@ -93,6 +93,19 @@ Additional Configurations
REQUIREMENTS: MSI-X support is required for Multiqueue. If MSI-X is not
found, the system will fallback to MSI or to Legacy interrupts.
+ MAC and VLAN anti-spoofing feature
+ ----------------------------------
+ When a malicious driver attempts to send a spoofed packet, it is dropped by
+ the hardware and not transmitted. An interrupt is sent to the PF driver
+ notifying it of the spoof attempt.
+
+ When a spoofed packet is detected the PF driver will send the following
+ message to the system log (displayed by the "dmesg" command):
+
+ Spoof event(s) detected on VF(n)
+
+ Where n=the VF that attempted to do the spoofing.
+
Support
=======
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt
index cbd05ffc606..3201a7097e4 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,17 @@ Table : Subdirectories in /proc/sys/net
1. /proc/sys/net/core - Network core options
-------------------------------------------------------
+bpf_jit_enable
+--------------
+
+This enables Berkeley Packet Filter Just in Time compiler.
+Currently supported on x86_64 architecture, bpf_jit provides a framework
+to speed packet filtering, the one used by tcpdump/libpcap for example.
+Values :
+ 0 - disable the JIT (default value)
+ 1 - enable the JIT
+ 2 - enable the JIT and ask the compiler to emit traces on kernel log.
+
rmem_default
------------