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[net-next,v5,03/10] kbuild: document RPS/XPS network Kconfig options

Message ID e4bb76dfd9ddd0bd02d8897b15e7b4ee50af5b17.1321420513.git.david.decotigny@google.com
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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david decotigny Nov. 16, 2011, 5:15 a.m. UTC 
This adds a description of RPS/XPS options and allow them to be
changed at make menuconfig time.



Signed-off-by: David Decotigny <david.decotigny@google.com>
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 net/Kconfig |   16 +++++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index a073148..1422c34 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -217,20 +217,30 @@  source "net/dns_resolver/Kconfig"
 source "net/batman-adv/Kconfig"
 
 config RPS
-	boolean
+	boolean "Enable Receive Packet Steering"
 	depends on SMP && SYSFS && USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS
 	default y
+	  RPS distributes the load of received packet processing
+	  across multiple CPUs. If unsure, say Y.
 
 config RFS_ACCEL
-	boolean
+	boolean "Enable Hardware Acceleration of RFS"
 	depends on RPS && GENERIC_HARDIRQS
 	select CPU_RMAP
 	default y
+	  This is the hardware version of RPS. On multi-queue network
+	  devices, this configures the hardware to distribute the
+	  received packets across multiple CPUs. If unsure, say Y.
 
 config XPS
-	boolean
+	boolean "Enable Transmit Packet Steering"
 	depends on SMP && SYSFS && USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS
 	default y
+	  For multiqueue devices, XPS selects a transmit queue during
+	  packet transmission based on configuration. This is done by
+	  mapping the CPU transmitting the packet to a queue. XPS can
+	  reduce transmit network latency on SMP systems. If unsure,
+	  say Y.
 
 config HAVE_BPF_JIT
 	bool