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author | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2015-08-05 17:04:01 -0300 |
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committer | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2015-08-05 17:04:01 -0300 |
commit | 57f0f512b273f60d52568b8c6b77e17f5636edc0 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/net/bridge/Kconfig b/net/bridge/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 000000000..aa0d3b2f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/net/bridge/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +# +# 802.1d Ethernet Bridging +# + +config BRIDGE + tristate "802.1d Ethernet Bridging" + select LLC + select STP + depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n + ---help--- + If you say Y here, then your Linux box will be able to act as an + Ethernet bridge, which means that the different Ethernet segments it + is connected to will appear as one Ethernet to the participants. + Several such bridges can work together to create even larger + networks of Ethernets using the IEEE 802.1 spanning tree algorithm. + As this is a standard, Linux bridges will cooperate properly with + other third party bridge products. + + In order to use the Ethernet bridge, you'll need the bridge + configuration tools; see <file:Documentation/networking/bridge.txt> + for location. Please read the Bridge mini-HOWTO for more + information. + + If you enable iptables support along with the bridge support then you + turn your bridge into a bridging IP firewall. + iptables will then see the IP packets being bridged, so you need to + take this into account when setting up your firewall rules. + Enabling arptables support when bridging will let arptables see + bridged ARP traffic in the arptables FORWARD chain. + + To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module + will be called bridge. + + If unsure, say N. + +config BRIDGE_IGMP_SNOOPING + bool "IGMP/MLD snooping" + depends on BRIDGE + depends on INET + default y + ---help--- + If you say Y here, then the Ethernet bridge will be able selectively + forward multicast traffic based on IGMP/MLD traffic received from + each port. + + Say N to exclude this support and reduce the binary size. + + If unsure, say Y. + +config BRIDGE_VLAN_FILTERING + bool "VLAN filtering" + depends on BRIDGE + depends on VLAN_8021Q + default n + ---help--- + If you say Y here, then the Ethernet bridge will be able selectively + receive and forward traffic based on VLAN information in the packet + any VLAN information configured on the bridge port or bridge device. + + Say N to exclude this support and reduce the binary size. + + If unsure, say Y. |