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1 | # |
| 2 | # Open vSwitch | |
| 3 | # | |
| 4 | ||
| 5 | config OPENVSWITCH | |
| 6 | tristate "Open vSwitch" | |
| 7 | ---help--- | |
| 8 | Open vSwitch is a multilayer Ethernet switch targeted at virtualized | |
| 9 | environments. In addition to supporting a variety of features | |
| 10 | expected in a traditional hardware switch, it enables fine-grained | |
| 11 | programmatic extension and flow-based control of the network. This | |
| 12 | control is useful in a wide variety of applications but is | |
| 13 | particularly important in multi-server virtualization deployments, | |
| 14 | which are often characterized by highly dynamic endpoints and the | |
| 15 | need to maintain logical abstractions for multiple tenants. | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | The Open vSwitch datapath provides an in-kernel fast path for packet | |
| 18 | forwarding. It is complemented by a userspace daemon, ovs-vswitchd, | |
| 19 | which is able to accept configuration from a variety of sources and | |
| 20 | translate it into packet processing rules. | |
| 21 | ||
| 22 | See http://openvswitch.org for more information and userspace | |
| 23 | utilities. | |
| 24 | ||
| 25 | To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will be | |
| 26 | called openvswitch. | |
| 27 | ||
| 28 | If unsure, say N. |