net/openvswitch/Kconfig

   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.