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As suggested by Eric Dumazet, allow user to select mode which chooses TX port randomly. Functionality should be more of less similar to round-robin mode with even lower overhead. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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77 lines
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menuconfig NET_TEAM
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tristate "Ethernet team driver support"
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---help---
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This allows one to create virtual interfaces that teams together
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multiple ethernet devices.
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Team devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
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iproute2 package:
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"ip link add link [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type team"
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
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will be called team.
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if NET_TEAM
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config NET_TEAM_MODE_BROADCAST
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tristate "Broadcast mode support"
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depends on NET_TEAM
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---help---
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Basic mode where packets are transmitted always by all suitable ports.
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All added ports are setup to have team's device address.
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To compile this team mode as a module, choose M here: the module
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will be called team_mode_broadcast.
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config NET_TEAM_MODE_ROUNDROBIN
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tristate "Round-robin mode support"
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depends on NET_TEAM
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---help---
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Basic mode where port used for transmitting packets is selected in
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round-robin fashion using packet counter.
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All added ports are setup to have team's device address.
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To compile this team mode as a module, choose M here: the module
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will be called team_mode_roundrobin.
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config NET_TEAM_MODE_RANDOM
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tristate "Random mode support"
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depends on NET_TEAM
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---help---
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Basic mode where port used for transmitting packets is selected
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randomly.
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All added ports are setup to have team's device address.
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To compile this team mode as a module, choose M here: the module
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will be called team_mode_random.
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config NET_TEAM_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP
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tristate "Active-backup mode support"
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depends on NET_TEAM
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---help---
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Only one port is active at a time and the rest of ports are used
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for backup.
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Mac addresses of ports are not modified. Userspace is responsible
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to do so.
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To compile this team mode as a module, choose M here: the module
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will be called team_mode_activebackup.
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config NET_TEAM_MODE_LOADBALANCE
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tristate "Load-balance mode support"
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depends on NET_TEAM
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---help---
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This mode provides load balancing functionality. Tx port selection
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is done using BPF function set up from userspace (bpf_hash_func
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option)
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To compile this team mode as a module, choose M here: the module
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will be called team_mode_loadbalance.
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endif # NET_TEAM
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