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authorAndré Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu>2016-06-10 05:30:17 -0300
committerAndré Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu>2016-06-10 05:30:17 -0300
commitd635711daa98be86d4c7fd01499c34f566b54ccb (patch)
treeaa5cc3760a27c3d57146498cb82fa549547de06c /drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/Kconfig
parentc91265cd0efb83778f015b4d4b1129bd2cfd075e (diff)
Linux-libre 4.6.2-gnu
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diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/Kconfig
index 00850eeb6..2b5930150 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/Kconfig
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
config LNET
- tristate "Lustre networking subsystem"
- depends on LUSTRE_FS
+ tristate "Lustre networking subsystem (LNet)"
+ depends on INET && m
+ help
+ The Lustre network layer, also known as LNet, is a networking abstaction
+ level API that was initially created to allow Lustre Filesystem to utilize
+ very different networks like tcp and ib verbs in a uniform way. In the
+ case of Lustre routers only the LNet layer is required. Lately other
+ projects are also looking into using LNet as their networking API as well.
config LNET_MAX_PAYLOAD
- int "Lustre lnet max transfer payload (default 2MB)"
- depends on LUSTRE_FS
+ int "Lustre lnet max transfer payload (default 1MB)"
+ depends on LNET
default "1048576"
help
This option defines the maximum size of payload in bytes that lnet