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1#
2# Traffic control configuration.
3#
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85ef3e5c 5menuconfig NET_SCHED
6a2e9b73 6 bool "QoS and/or fair queueing"
3c62f75a 7 select NET_SCH_FIFO
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8 ---help---
9 When the kernel has several packets to send out over a network
10 device, it has to decide which ones to send first, which ones to
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11 delay, and which ones to drop. This is the job of the queueing
12 disciplines, several different algorithms for how to do this
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13 "fairly" have been proposed.
14
15 If you say N here, you will get the standard packet scheduler, which
16 is a FIFO (first come, first served). If you say Y here, you will be
17 able to choose from among several alternative algorithms which can
18 then be attached to different network devices. This is useful for
19 example if some of your network devices are real time devices that
20 need a certain minimum data flow rate, or if you need to limit the
21 maximum data flow rate for traffic which matches specified criteria.
22 This code is considered to be experimental.
23
24 To administer these schedulers, you'll need the user-level utilities
25 from the package iproute2+tc at <ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/net/ip-routing/>.
26 That package also contains some documentation; for more, check out
52ab4ac2 27 <http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Iproute2>.
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28
29 This Quality of Service (QoS) support will enable you to use
30 Differentiated Services (diffserv) and Resource Reservation Protocol
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31 (RSVP) on your Linux router if you also say Y to the corresponding
32 classifiers below. Documentation and software is at
33 <http://diffserv.sourceforge.net/>.
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34
35 If you say Y here and to "/proc file system" below, you will be able
36 to read status information about packet schedulers from the file
37 /proc/net/psched.
38
39 The available schedulers are listed in the following questions; you
40 can say Y to as many as you like. If unsure, say N now.
41
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42if NET_SCHED
43
52ab4ac2 44comment "Queueing/Scheduling"
52ab4ac2 45
1da177e4 46config NET_SCH_CBQ
52ab4ac2 47 tristate "Class Based Queueing (CBQ)"
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48 ---help---
49 Say Y here if you want to use the Class-Based Queueing (CBQ) packet
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50 scheduling algorithm. This algorithm classifies the waiting packets
51 into a tree-like hierarchy of classes; the leaves of this tree are
52 in turn scheduled by separate algorithms.
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52ab4ac2 54 See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_cbq.c> for more details.
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55
56 CBQ is a commonly used scheduler, so if you're unsure, you should
57 say Y here. Then say Y to all the queueing algorithms below that you
52ab4ac2 58 want to use as leaf disciplines.
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59
60 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
61 module will be called sch_cbq.
62
63config NET_SCH_HTB
52ab4ac2 64 tristate "Hierarchical Token Bucket (HTB)"
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65 ---help---
66 Say Y here if you want to use the Hierarchical Token Buckets (HTB)
52ab4ac2 67 packet scheduling algorithm. See
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68 <http://luxik.cdi.cz/~devik/qos/htb/> for complete manual and
69 in-depth articles.
70
52ab4ac2 71 HTB is very similar to CBQ regarding its goals however is has
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72 different properties and different algorithm.
73
74 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
75 module will be called sch_htb.
76
77config NET_SCH_HFSC
52ab4ac2 78 tristate "Hierarchical Fair Service Curve (HFSC)"
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79 ---help---
80 Say Y here if you want to use the Hierarchical Fair Service Curve
52ab4ac2 81 (HFSC) packet scheduling algorithm.
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82
83 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
84 module will be called sch_hfsc.
85
1da177e4 86config NET_SCH_ATM
52ab4ac2 87 tristate "ATM Virtual Circuits (ATM)"
05b8b0fa 88 depends on ATM
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89 ---help---
90 Say Y here if you want to use the ATM pseudo-scheduler. This
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91 provides a framework for invoking classifiers, which in turn
92 select classes of this queuing discipline. Each class maps
93 the flow(s) it is handling to a given virtual circuit.
94
99acaeb9 95 See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_atm.c> for more details.
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96
97 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
98 module will be called sch_atm.
99
100config NET_SCH_PRIO
52ab4ac2 101 tristate "Multi Band Priority Queueing (PRIO)"
52ab4ac2 102 ---help---
1da177e4 103 Say Y here if you want to use an n-band priority queue packet
52ab4ac2 104 scheduler.
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105
106 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
107 module will be called sch_prio.
108
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109config NET_SCH_MULTIQ
110 tristate "Hardware Multiqueue-aware Multi Band Queuing (MULTIQ)"
111 ---help---
112 Say Y here if you want to use an n-band queue packet scheduler
113 to support devices that have multiple hardware transmit queues.
114
115 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
116 module will be called sch_multiq.
117
1da177e4 118config NET_SCH_RED
52ab4ac2 119 tristate "Random Early Detection (RED)"
52ab4ac2 120 ---help---
1da177e4 121 Say Y here if you want to use the Random Early Detection (RED)
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122 packet scheduling algorithm.
123
124 See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_red.c> for more details.
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125
126 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
127 module will be called sch_red.
128
129config NET_SCH_SFQ
52ab4ac2 130 tristate "Stochastic Fairness Queueing (SFQ)"
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131 ---help---
132 Say Y here if you want to use the Stochastic Fairness Queueing (SFQ)
99acaeb9 133 packet scheduling algorithm.
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134
135 See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_sfq.c> for more details.
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136
137 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
138 module will be called sch_sfq.
139
140config NET_SCH_TEQL
52ab4ac2 141 tristate "True Link Equalizer (TEQL)"
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142 ---help---
143 Say Y here if you want to use the True Link Equalizer (TLE) packet
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144 scheduling algorithm. This queueing discipline allows the combination
145 of several physical devices into one virtual device.
146
147 See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_teql.c> for more details.
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148
149 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
150 module will be called sch_teql.
151
152config NET_SCH_TBF
52ab4ac2 153 tristate "Token Bucket Filter (TBF)"
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154 ---help---
155 Say Y here if you want to use the Token Bucket Filter (TBF) packet
156 scheduling algorithm.
157
158 See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_tbf.c> for more details.
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159
160 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
161 module will be called sch_tbf.
162
163config NET_SCH_GRED
52ab4ac2 164 tristate "Generic Random Early Detection (GRED)"
52ab4ac2 165 ---help---
1da177e4 166 Say Y here if you want to use the Generic Random Early Detection
20cc6bef 167 (GRED) packet scheduling algorithm for some of your network devices
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168 (see the top of <file:net/sched/sch_red.c> for details and
169 references about the algorithm).
170
171 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
172 module will be called sch_gred.
173
174config NET_SCH_DSMARK
52ab4ac2 175 tristate "Differentiated Services marker (DSMARK)"
52ab4ac2 176 ---help---
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177 Say Y if you want to schedule packets according to the
178 Differentiated Services architecture proposed in RFC 2475.
179 Technical information on this method, with pointers to associated
180 RFCs, is available at <http://www.gta.ufrj.br/diffserv/>.
181
182 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
183 module will be called sch_dsmark.
184
185config NET_SCH_NETEM
52ab4ac2 186 tristate "Network emulator (NETEM)"
52ab4ac2 187 ---help---
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188 Say Y if you want to emulate network delay, loss, and packet
189 re-ordering. This is often useful to simulate networks when
190 testing applications or protocols.
191
192 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
193 will be called sch_netem.
194
195 If unsure, say N.
196
197config NET_SCH_INGRESS
198 tristate "Ingress Qdisc"
72eb7bd2 199 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
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200 ---help---
201 Say Y here if you want to use classifiers for incoming packets.
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202 If unsure, say Y.
203
204 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
205 module will be called sch_ingress.
206
52ab4ac2 207comment "Classification"
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208
209config NET_CLS
52ab4ac2 210 boolean
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211
212config NET_CLS_BASIC
52ab4ac2 213 tristate "Elementary classification (BASIC)"
52ab4ac2 214 select NET_CLS
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215 ---help---
216 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets using
217 only extended matches and actions.
218
219 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
220 module will be called cls_basic.
221
222config NET_CLS_TCINDEX
52ab4ac2 223 tristate "Traffic-Control Index (TCINDEX)"
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224 select NET_CLS
225 ---help---
226 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
227 traffic control indices. You will want this feature if you want
228 to implement Differentiated Services together with DSMARK.
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229
230 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
231 module will be called cls_tcindex.
232
233config NET_CLS_ROUTE4
52ab4ac2 234 tristate "Routing decision (ROUTE)"
1da177e4 235 select NET_CLS_ROUTE
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236 select NET_CLS
237 ---help---
238 If you say Y here, you will be able to classify packets
239 according to the route table entry they matched.
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240
241 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
242 module will be called cls_route.
243
244config NET_CLS_ROUTE
245 bool
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246
247config NET_CLS_FW
52ab4ac2 248 tristate "Netfilter mark (FW)"
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249 select NET_CLS
250 ---help---
251 If you say Y here, you will be able to classify packets
252 according to netfilter/firewall marks.
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253
254 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
255 module will be called cls_fw.
256
257config NET_CLS_U32
52ab4ac2 258 tristate "Universal 32bit comparisons w/ hashing (U32)"
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259 select NET_CLS
260 ---help---
3539c272 261 Say Y here to be able to classify packets using a universal
52ab4ac2 262 32bit pieces based comparison scheme.
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263
264 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
265 module will be called cls_u32.
266
267config CLS_U32_PERF
52ab4ac2 268 bool "Performance counters support"
1da177e4 269 depends on NET_CLS_U32
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270 ---help---
271 Say Y here to make u32 gather additional statistics useful for
272 fine tuning u32 classifiers.
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273
274config CLS_U32_MARK
52ab4ac2 275 bool "Netfilter marks support"
82e91ffe 276 depends on NET_CLS_U32
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277 ---help---
278 Say Y here to be able to use netfilter marks as u32 key.
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279
280config NET_CLS_RSVP
52ab4ac2 281 tristate "IPv4 Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)"
52ab4ac2 282 select NET_CLS
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283 ---help---
284 The Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) permits end systems to
285 request a minimum and maximum data flow rate for a connection; this
286 is important for real time data such as streaming sound or video.
287
288 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify outgoing packets based
289 on their RSVP requests.
290
291 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
292 module will be called cls_rsvp.
293
294config NET_CLS_RSVP6
52ab4ac2 295 tristate "IPv6 Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP6)"
52ab4ac2 296 select NET_CLS
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297 ---help---
298 The Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) permits end systems to
299 request a minimum and maximum data flow rate for a connection; this
300 is important for real time data such as streaming sound or video.
301
302 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify outgoing packets based
99acaeb9 303 on their RSVP requests and you are using the IPv6 protocol.
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304
305 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
306 module will be called cls_rsvp6.
307
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308config NET_CLS_FLOW
309 tristate "Flow classifier"
310 select NET_CLS
311 ---help---
312 If you say Y here, you will be able to classify packets based on
313 a configurable combination of packet keys. This is mostly useful
314 in combination with SFQ.
315
316 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
317 module will be called cls_flow.
318
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319config NET_CLS_CGROUP
320 bool "Control Group Classifier"
321 select NET_CLS
322 depends on CGROUPS
323 ---help---
324 Say Y here if you want to classify packets based on the control
325 cgroup of their process.
326
327 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
328 module will be called cls_cgroup.
329
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330config NET_EMATCH
331 bool "Extended Matches"
52ab4ac2 332 select NET_CLS
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333 ---help---
334 Say Y here if you want to use extended matches on top of classifiers
335 and select the extended matches below.
336
337 Extended matches are small classification helpers not worth writing
52ab4ac2 338 a separate classifier for.
1da177e4 339
52ab4ac2 340 A recent version of the iproute2 package is required to use
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341 extended matches.
342
343config NET_EMATCH_STACK
344 int "Stack size"
345 depends on NET_EMATCH
346 default "32"
347 ---help---
348 Size of the local stack variable used while evaluating the tree of
349 ematches. Limits the depth of the tree, i.e. the number of
b824979a 350 encapsulated precedences. Every level requires 4 bytes of additional
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351 stack space.
352
353config NET_EMATCH_CMP
354 tristate "Simple packet data comparison"
355 depends on NET_EMATCH
356 ---help---
357 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
358 simple packet data comparisons for 8, 16, and 32bit values.
359
360 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
361 module will be called em_cmp.
362
363config NET_EMATCH_NBYTE
364 tristate "Multi byte comparison"
365 depends on NET_EMATCH
366 ---help---
367 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
368 multiple byte comparisons mainly useful for IPv6 address comparisons.
369
370 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
371 module will be called em_nbyte.
372
373config NET_EMATCH_U32
52ab4ac2 374 tristate "U32 key"
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375 depends on NET_EMATCH
376 ---help---
377 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets using
378 the famous u32 key in combination with logic relations.
379
380 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
381 module will be called em_u32.
382
383config NET_EMATCH_META
384 tristate "Metadata"
385 depends on NET_EMATCH
386 ---help---
bb7e8c5a 387 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
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388 metadata such as load average, netfilter attributes, socket
389 attributes and routing decisions.
390
391 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
392 module will be called em_meta.
393
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394config NET_EMATCH_TEXT
395 tristate "Textsearch"
396 depends on NET_EMATCH
f2d368fa 397 select TEXTSEARCH
f7704347 398 select TEXTSEARCH_KMP
29cb9f9c 399 select TEXTSEARCH_BM
f7704347 400 select TEXTSEARCH_FSM
d675c989 401 ---help---
52ab4ac2 402 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
f7704347 403 textsearch comparisons.
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404
405 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
406 module will be called em_text.
407
1da177e4 408config NET_CLS_ACT
52ab4ac2 409 bool "Actions"
1da177e4 410 ---help---
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411 Say Y here if you want to use traffic control actions. Actions
412 get attached to classifiers and are invoked after a successful
413 classification. They are used to overwrite the classification
414 result, instantly drop or redirect packets, etc.
415
416 A recent version of the iproute2 package is required to use
417 extended matches.
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418
419config NET_ACT_POLICE
52ab4ac2 420 tristate "Traffic Policing"
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421 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
422 ---help---
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423 Say Y here if you want to do traffic policing, i.e. strict
424 bandwidth limiting. This action replaces the existing policing
425 module.
426
427 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
428 module will be called police.
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429
430config NET_ACT_GACT
52ab4ac2 431 tristate "Generic actions"
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432 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
433 ---help---
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434 Say Y here to take generic actions such as dropping and
435 accepting packets.
436
437 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
438 module will be called gact.
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439
440config GACT_PROB
52ab4ac2 441 bool "Probability support"
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442 depends on NET_ACT_GACT
443 ---help---
52ab4ac2 444 Say Y here to use the generic action randomly or deterministically.
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445
446config NET_ACT_MIRRED
52ab4ac2 447 tristate "Redirecting and Mirroring"
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448 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
449 ---help---
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450 Say Y here to allow packets to be mirrored or redirected to
451 other devices.
452
453 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
454 module will be called mirred.
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455
456config NET_ACT_IPT
52ab4ac2 457 tristate "IPtables targets"
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458 depends on NET_CLS_ACT && NETFILTER && IP_NF_IPTABLES
459 ---help---
3539c272 460 Say Y here to be able to invoke iptables targets after successful
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461 classification.
462
463 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
464 module will be called ipt.
1da177e4 465
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466config NET_ACT_NAT
467 tristate "Stateless NAT"
468 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
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469 ---help---
470 Say Y here to do stateless NAT on IPv4 packets. You should use
471 netfilter for NAT unless you know what you are doing.
472
473 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
474 module will be called nat.
475
1da177e4 476config NET_ACT_PEDIT
52ab4ac2 477 tristate "Packet Editing"
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478 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
479 ---help---
52ab4ac2 480 Say Y here if you want to mangle the content of packets.
1da177e4 481
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482 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
483 module will be called pedit.
1da177e4 484
db753079 485config NET_ACT_SIMP
52ab4ac2 486 tristate "Simple Example (Debug)"
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487 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
488 ---help---
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489 Say Y here to add a simple action for demonstration purposes.
490 It is meant as an example and for debugging purposes. It will
491 print a configured policy string followed by the packet count
492 to the console for every packet that passes by.
493
494 If unsure, say N.
495
496 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
497 module will be called simple.
498
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499config NET_ACT_SKBEDIT
500 tristate "SKB Editing"
501 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
502 ---help---
503 Say Y here to change skb priority or queue_mapping settings.
504
505 If unsure, say N.
506
507 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
508 module will be called skbedit.
509
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510config NET_CLS_IND
511 bool "Incoming device classification"
05b8b0fa 512 depends on NET_CLS_U32 || NET_CLS_FW
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513 ---help---
514 Say Y here to extend the u32 and fw classifier to support
515 classification based on the incoming device. This option is
516 likely to disappear in favour of the metadata ematch.
517
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518endif # NET_SCHED
519
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520config NET_SCH_FIFO
521 bool