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authorJesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>2011-10-25 19:26:31 -0700
committerJesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>2011-12-03 09:35:17 -0800
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tree9122ceff5d75ec64e327a9fad4ad2013744c2999 /net/openvswitch/Kconfig
parent75f2811c6460ccc59d83c66059943ce9c9f81a18 (diff)
net: Add Open vSwitch kernel components.
Open vSwitch is a multilayer Ethernet switch targeted at virtualized environments. In addition to supporting a variety of features expected in a traditional hardware switch, it enables fine-grained programmatic extension and flow-based control of the network. This control is useful in a wide variety of applications but is particularly important in multi-server virtualization deployments, which are often characterized by highly dynamic endpoints and the need to maintain logical abstractions for multiple tenants. The Open vSwitch datapath provides an in-kernel fast path for packet forwarding. It is complemented by a userspace daemon, ovs-vswitchd, which is able to accept configuration from a variety of sources and translate it into packet processing rules. See http://openvswitch.org for more information and userspace utilities. Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
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+#
+# Open vSwitch
+#
+
+config OPENVSWITCH
+ tristate "Open vSwitch"
+ ---help---
+ Open vSwitch is a multilayer Ethernet switch targeted at virtualized
+ environments. In addition to supporting a variety of features
+ expected in a traditional hardware switch, it enables fine-grained
+ programmatic extension and flow-based control of the network. This
+ control is useful in a wide variety of applications but is
+ particularly important in multi-server virtualization deployments,
+ which are often characterized by highly dynamic endpoints and the
+ need to maintain logical abstractions for multiple tenants.
+
+ The Open vSwitch datapath provides an in-kernel fast path for packet
+ forwarding. It is complemented by a userspace daemon, ovs-vswitchd,
+ which is able to accept configuration from a variety of sources and
+ translate it into packet processing rules.
+
+ See http://openvswitch.org for more information and userspace
+ utilities.
+
+ To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will be
+ called openvswitch.
+
+ If unsure, say N.