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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ptp | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/c_can.txt | 49 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cpsw.txt | 109 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davinci-mdio.txt | 33 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mdio-mux-mmioreg.txt | 75 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/infiniband/ipoib.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/bonding.txt | 30 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 37 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/vxlan.txt | 47 |
12 files changed, 387 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ptp b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ptp index d40d2b55050..05aeedf1779 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ptp +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ptp @@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ Date: September 2010 Contact: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> Description: This file contains the name of the PTP hardware clock - as a human readable string. + as a human readable string. The purpose of this + attribute is to provide the user with a "friendly + name" and to help distinguish PHY based devices from + MAC based ones. The string does not necessarily have + to be any kind of unique id. What: /sys/class/ptp/ptpN/max_adjustment Date: September 2010 diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/c_can.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/c_can.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..8f1ae81228e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/c_can.txt @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +Bosch C_CAN/D_CAN controller Device Tree Bindings +------------------------------------------------- + +Required properties: +- compatible : Should be "bosch,c_can" for C_CAN controllers and + "bosch,d_can" for D_CAN controllers. +- reg : physical base address and size of the C_CAN/D_CAN + registers map +- interrupts : property with a value describing the interrupt + number + +Optional properties: +- ti,hwmods : Must be "d_can<n>" or "c_can<n>", n being the + instance number + +Note: "ti,hwmods" field is used to fetch the base address and irq +resources from TI, omap hwmod data base during device registration. +Future plan is to migrate hwmod data base contents into device tree +blob so that, all the required data will be used from device tree dts +file. + +Example: + +Step1: SoC common .dtsi file + + dcan1: d_can@481d0000 { + compatible = "bosch,d_can"; + reg = <0x481d0000 0x2000>; + interrupts = <55>; + interrupt-parent = <&intc>; + status = "disabled"; + }; + +(or) + + dcan1: d_can@481d0000 { + compatible = "bosch,d_can"; + ti,hwmods = "d_can1"; + reg = <0x481d0000 0x2000>; + interrupts = <55>; + interrupt-parent = <&intc>; + status = "disabled"; + }; + +Step 2: board specific .dts file + + &dcan1 { + status = "okay"; + }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cpsw.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cpsw.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..dcaabe9fe86 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cpsw.txt @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ +TI SoC Ethernet Switch Controller Device Tree Bindings +------------------------------------------------------ + +Required properties: +- compatible : Should be "ti,cpsw" +- reg : physical base address and size of the cpsw + registers map +- interrupts : property with a value describing the interrupt + number +- interrupt-parent : The parent interrupt controller +- cpdma_channels : Specifies number of channels in CPDMA +- host_port_no : Specifies host port shift +- cpdma_reg_ofs : Specifies CPDMA submodule register offset +- cpdma_sram_ofs : Specifies CPDMA SRAM offset +- ale_reg_ofs : Specifies ALE submodule register offset +- ale_entries : Specifies No of entries ALE can hold +- host_port_reg_ofs : Specifies host port register offset +- hw_stats_reg_ofs : Specifies hardware statistics register offset +- bd_ram_ofs : Specifies internal desciptor RAM offset +- bd_ram_size : Specifies internal descriptor RAM size +- rx_descs : Specifies number of Rx descriptors +- mac_control : Specifies Default MAC control register content + for the specific platform +- slaves : Specifies number for slaves +- slave_reg_ofs : Specifies slave register offset +- sliver_reg_ofs : Specifies slave sliver register offset +- phy_id : Specifies slave phy id +- mac-address : Specifies slave MAC address + +Optional properties: +- ti,hwmods : Must be "cpgmac0" +- no_bd_ram : Must be 0 or 1 + +Note: "ti,hwmods" field is used to fetch the base address and irq +resources from TI, omap hwmod data base during device registration. +Future plan is to migrate hwmod data base contents into device tree +blob so that, all the required data will be used from device tree dts +file. + +Examples: + + mac: ethernet@4A100000 { + compatible = "ti,cpsw"; + reg = <0x4A100000 0x1000>; + interrupts = <55 0x4>; + interrupt-parent = <&intc>; + cpdma_channels = <8>; + host_port_no = <0>; + cpdma_reg_ofs = <0x800>; + cpdma_sram_ofs = <0xa00>; + ale_reg_ofs = <0xd00>; + ale_entries = <1024>; + host_port_reg_ofs = <0x108>; + hw_stats_reg_ofs = <0x900>; + bd_ram_ofs = <0x2000>; + bd_ram_size = <0x2000>; + no_bd_ram = <0>; + rx_descs = <64>; + mac_control = <0x20>; + slaves = <2>; + cpsw_emac0: slave@0 { + slave_reg_ofs = <0x208>; + sliver_reg_ofs = <0xd80>; + phy_id = "davinci_mdio.16:00"; + /* Filled in by U-Boot */ + mac-address = [ 00 00 00 00 00 00 ]; + }; + cpsw_emac1: slave@1 { + slave_reg_ofs = <0x308>; + sliver_reg_ofs = <0xdc0>; + phy_id = "davinci_mdio.16:01"; + /* Filled in by U-Boot */ + mac-address = [ 00 00 00 00 00 00 ]; + }; + }; + +(or) + mac: ethernet@4A100000 { + compatible = "ti,cpsw"; + ti,hwmods = "cpgmac0"; + cpdma_channels = <8>; + host_port_no = <0>; + cpdma_reg_ofs = <0x800>; + cpdma_sram_ofs = <0xa00>; + ale_reg_ofs = <0xd00>; + ale_entries = <1024>; + host_port_reg_ofs = <0x108>; + hw_stats_reg_ofs = <0x900>; + bd_ram_ofs = <0x2000>; + bd_ram_size = <0x2000>; + no_bd_ram = <0>; + rx_descs = <64>; + mac_control = <0x20>; + slaves = <2>; + cpsw_emac0: slave@0 { + slave_reg_ofs = <0x208>; + sliver_reg_ofs = <0xd80>; + phy_id = "davinci_mdio.16:00"; + /* Filled in by U-Boot */ + mac-address = [ 00 00 00 00 00 00 ]; + }; + cpsw_emac1: slave@1 { + slave_reg_ofs = <0x308>; + sliver_reg_ofs = <0xdc0>; + phy_id = "davinci_mdio.16:01"; + /* Filled in by U-Boot */ + mac-address = [ 00 00 00 00 00 00 ]; + }; + }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davinci-mdio.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davinci-mdio.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..72efaaf764f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davinci-mdio.txt @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +TI SoC Davinci MDIO Controller Device Tree Bindings +--------------------------------------------------- + +Required properties: +- compatible : Should be "ti,davinci_mdio" +- reg : physical base address and size of the davinci mdio + registers map +- bus_freq : Mdio Bus frequency + +Optional properties: +- ti,hwmods : Must be "davinci_mdio" + +Note: "ti,hwmods" field is used to fetch the base address and irq +resources from TI, omap hwmod data base during device registration. +Future plan is to migrate hwmod data base contents into device tree +blob so that, all the required data will be used from device tree dts +file. + +Examples: + + mdio: davinci_mdio@4A101000 { + compatible = "ti,cpsw"; + reg = <0x4A101000 0x1000>; + bus_freq = <1000000>; + }; + +(or) + + mdio: davinci_mdio@4A101000 { + compatible = "ti,cpsw"; + ti,hwmods = "davinci_mdio"; + bus_freq = <1000000>; + }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mdio-mux-mmioreg.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mdio-mux-mmioreg.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..8516929c725 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mdio-mux-mmioreg.txt @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +Properties for an MDIO bus multiplexer controlled by a memory-mapped device + +This is a special case of a MDIO bus multiplexer. A memory-mapped device, +like an FPGA, is used to control which child bus is connected. The mdio-mux +node must be a child of the memory-mapped device. The driver currently only +supports devices with eight-bit registers. + +Required properties in addition to the generic multiplexer properties: + +- compatible : string, must contain "mdio-mux-mmioreg" + +- reg : integer, contains the offset of the register that controls the bus + multiplexer. The size field in the 'reg' property is the size of + register, and must therefore be 1. + +- mux-mask : integer, contains an eight-bit mask that specifies which + bits in the register control the actual bus multiplexer. The + 'reg' property of each child mdio-mux node must be constrained by + this mask. + +Example: + +The FPGA node defines a memory-mapped FPGA with a register space of 0x30 bytes. +For the "EMI2" MDIO bus, register 9 (BRDCFG1) controls the mux on that bus. +A bitmask of 0x6 means that bits 1 and 2 (bit 0 is lsb) are the bits on +BRDCFG1 that control the actual mux. + + /* The FPGA node */ + fpga: board-control@3,0 { + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <1>; + compatible = "fsl,p5020ds-fpga", "fsl,fpga-ngpixis"; + reg = <3 0 0x30>; + ranges = <0 3 0 0x30>; + + mdio-mux-emi2 { + compatible = "mdio-mux-mmioreg", "mdio-mux"; + mdio-parent-bus = <&xmdio0>; + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <0>; + reg = <9 1>; // BRDCFG1 + mux-mask = <0x6>; // EMI2 + + emi2_slot1: mdio@0 { // Slot 1 XAUI (FM2) + reg = <0>; + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <0>; + + phy_xgmii_slot1: ethernet-phy@0 { + compatible = "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c45"; + reg = <4>; + }; + }; + + emi2_slot2: mdio@2 { // Slot 2 XAUI (FM1) + reg = <2>; + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <0>; + + phy_xgmii_slot2: ethernet-phy@4 { + compatible = "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c45"; + reg = <0>; + }; + }; + }; + }; + + /* The parent MDIO bus. */ + xmdio0: mdio@f1000 { + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <0>; + compatible = "fsl,fman-xmdio"; + reg = <0xf1000 0x1000>; + interrupts = <100 1 0 0>; + }; diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt index ffdd9d866ad..2d66ed68812 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt @@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ nfsroot=[<server-ip>:]<root-dir>[,<nfs-options>] flags = hard, nointr, noposix, cto, ac -ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf> +ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf>: + <dns0-ip>:<dns1-ip> This parameter tells the kernel how to configure IP addresses of devices and also how to set up the IP routing table. It was originally called @@ -158,6 +159,13 @@ ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf> Default: any + <dns0-ip> IP address of first nameserver. + Value gets exported by /proc/net/pnp which is often linked + on embedded systems by /etc/resolv.conf. + + <dns1-ip> IP address of secound nameserver. + Same as above. + nfsrootdebug diff --git a/Documentation/infiniband/ipoib.txt b/Documentation/infiniband/ipoib.txt index 64eeb55d0c0..f2cfe265e83 100644 --- a/Documentation/infiniband/ipoib.txt +++ b/Documentation/infiniband/ipoib.txt @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ Partitions and P_Keys The P_Key for any interface is given by the "pkey" file, and the main interface for a subinterface is in "parent." + Child interface create/delete can also be done using IPoIB's + rtnl_link_ops, where childs created using either way behave the same. + Datagram vs Connected modes The IPoIB driver supports two modes of operation: datagram and diff --git a/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt b/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt index 8f3ae4a6147..a173d2a879f 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt @@ -75,9 +75,10 @@ folder: There is a special folder for debugging information: -# ls /sys/kernel/debug/batman_adv/bat0/ -# bla_claim_table log socket transtable_local -# gateways originators transtable_global vis_data +# ls /sys/kernel/debug/batman_adv/bat0/ +# bla_backbone_table log transtable_global +# bla_claim_table originators transtable_local +# gateways socket vis_data Some of the files contain all sort of status information regard- ing the mesh network. For example, you can view the table of diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index 6b1c7110534..10a015c384b 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -752,12 +752,22 @@ xmit_hash_policy protocol information to generate the hash. Uses XOR of hardware MAC addresses and IP addresses to - generate the hash. The formula is + generate the hash. The IPv4 formula is (((source IP XOR dest IP) AND 0xffff) XOR ( source MAC XOR destination MAC )) modulo slave count + The IPv6 formula is + + hash = (source ip quad 2 XOR dest IP quad 2) XOR + (source ip quad 3 XOR dest IP quad 3) XOR + (source ip quad 4 XOR dest IP quad 4) + + (((hash >> 24) XOR (hash >> 16) XOR (hash >> 8) XOR hash) + XOR (source MAC XOR destination MAC)) + modulo slave count + This algorithm will place all traffic to a particular network peer on the same slave. For non-IP traffic, the formula is the same as for the layer2 transmit @@ -778,19 +788,29 @@ xmit_hash_policy slaves, although a single connection will not span multiple slaves. - The formula for unfragmented TCP and UDP packets is + The formula for unfragmented IPv4 TCP and UDP packets is ((source port XOR dest port) XOR ((source IP XOR dest IP) AND 0xffff) modulo slave count - For fragmented TCP or UDP packets and all other IP - protocol traffic, the source and destination port + The formula for unfragmented IPv6 TCP and UDP packets is + + hash = (source port XOR dest port) XOR + ((source ip quad 2 XOR dest IP quad 2) XOR + (source ip quad 3 XOR dest IP quad 3) XOR + (source ip quad 4 XOR dest IP quad 4)) + + ((hash >> 24) XOR (hash >> 16) XOR (hash >> 8) XOR hash) + modulo slave count + + For fragmented TCP or UDP packets and all other IPv4 and + IPv6 protocol traffic, the source and destination port information is omitted. For non-IP traffic, the formula is the same as for the layer2 transmit hash policy. - This policy is intended to mimic the behavior of + The IPv4 policy is intended to mimic the behavior of certain switches, notably Cisco switches with PFC2 as well as some Foundry and IBM products. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index ca447b35b83..c7fc1072494 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -439,7 +439,9 @@ tcp_stdurg - BOOLEAN tcp_synack_retries - INTEGER Number of times SYNACKs for a passive TCP connection attempt will be retransmitted. Should not be higher than 255. Default value - is 5, which corresponds to ~180seconds. + is 5, which corresponds to 31seconds till the last retransmission + with the current initial RTO of 1second. With this the final timeout + for a passive TCP connection will happen after 63seconds. tcp_syncookies - BOOLEAN Only valid when the kernel was compiled with CONFIG_SYNCOOKIES @@ -465,20 +467,37 @@ tcp_syncookies - BOOLEAN tcp_fastopen - INTEGER Enable TCP Fast Open feature (draft-ietf-tcpm-fastopen) to send data in the opening SYN packet. To use this feature, the client application - must not use connect(). Instead, it should use sendmsg() or sendto() - with MSG_FASTOPEN flag which performs a TCP handshake automatically. - - The values (bitmap) are: - 1: Enables sending data in the opening SYN on the client - 5: Enables sending data in the opening SYN on the client regardless - of cookie availability. + must use sendmsg() or sendto() with MSG_FASTOPEN flag rather than + connect() to perform a TCP handshake automatically. + + The values (bitmap) are + 1: Enables sending data in the opening SYN on the client. + 2: Enables TCP Fast Open on the server side, i.e., allowing data in + a SYN packet to be accepted and passed to the application before + 3-way hand shake finishes. + 4: Send data in the opening SYN regardless of cookie availability and + without a cookie option. + 0x100: Accept SYN data w/o validating the cookie. + 0x200: Accept data-in-SYN w/o any cookie option present. + 0x400/0x800: Enable Fast Open on all listeners regardless of the + TCP_FASTOPEN socket option. The two different flags designate two + different ways of setting max_qlen without the TCP_FASTOPEN socket + option. Default: 0 + Note that the client & server side Fast Open flags (1 and 2 + respectively) must be also enabled before the rest of flags can take + effect. + + See include/net/tcp.h and the code for more details. + tcp_syn_retries - INTEGER Number of times initial SYNs for an active TCP connection attempt will be retransmitted. Should not be higher than 255. Default value - is 5, which corresponds to ~180seconds. + is 6, which corresponds to 63seconds till the last restransmission + with the current initial RTO of 1second. With this the final timeout + for an active TCP connection attempt will happen after 127seconds. tcp_timestamps - BOOLEAN Enable timestamps as defined in RFC1323. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt b/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt index c676b9cedbd..ef9ee71b4d7 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt @@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ Where: For MDIO bus The we have: struct stmmac_mdio_bus_data { - int bus_id; int (*phy_reset)(void *priv); unsigned int phy_mask; int *irqs; @@ -181,7 +180,6 @@ For MDIO bus The we have: }; Where: - o bus_id: bus identifier; o phy_reset: hook to reset the phy device attached to the bus. o phy_mask: phy mask passed when register the MDIO bus within the driver. o irqs: list of IRQs, one per PHY. @@ -230,9 +228,6 @@ there are two MAC cores: one MAC is for MDIO Bus/PHY emulation with fixed_link support. static struct stmmac_mdio_bus_data stmmac1_mdio_bus = { - .bus_id = 1, - | - |-> phy device on the bus_id 1 .phy_reset = phy_reset; | |-> function to provide the phy_reset on this board diff --git a/Documentation/networking/vxlan.txt b/Documentation/networking/vxlan.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5b34b762d7d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/vxlan.txt @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +Virtual eXtensible Local Area Networking documentation +====================================================== + +The VXLAN protocol is a tunnelling protocol that is designed to +solve the problem of limited number of available VLAN's (4096). +With VXLAN identifier is expanded to 24 bits. + +It is a draft RFC standard, that is implemented by Cisco Nexus, +Vmware and Brocade. The protocol runs over UDP using a single +destination port (still not standardized by IANA). +This document describes the Linux kernel tunnel device, +there is also an implantation of VXLAN for Openvswitch. + +Unlike most tunnels, a VXLAN is a 1 to N network, not just point +to point. A VXLAN device can either dynamically learn the IP address +of the other end, in a manner similar to a learning bridge, or the +forwarding entries can be configured statically. + +The management of vxlan is done in a similar fashion to it's +too closest neighbors GRE and VLAN. Configuring VXLAN requires +the version of iproute2 that matches the kernel release +where VXLAN was first merged upstream. + +1. Create vxlan device + # ip li add vxlan0 type vxlan id 42 group 239.1.1.1 dev eth1 + +This creates a new device (vxlan0). The device uses the +the multicast group 239.1.1.1 over eth1 to handle packets where +no entry is in the forwarding table. + +2. Delete vxlan device + # ip link delete vxlan0 + +3. Show vxlan info + # ip -d show vxlan0 + +It is possible to create, destroy and display the vxlan +forwarding table using the new bridge command. + +1. Create forwarding table entry + # bridge fdb add to 00:17:42:8a:b4:05 dst 192.19.0.2 dev vxlan0 + +2. Delete forwarding table entry + # bridge fdb delete 00:17:42:8a:b4:05 + +3. Show forwarding table + # bridge fdb show dev vxlan0 |