From ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jesse Gross Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:26:31 -0700 Subject: 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 --- net/openvswitch/Kconfig | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 net/openvswitch/Kconfig (limited to 'net/openvswitch/Kconfig') diff --git a/net/openvswitch/Kconfig b/net/openvswitch/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d9ea33c361be --- /dev/null +++ b/net/openvswitch/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +# +# 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. -- cgit v1.2.3