| Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # | 
|  | 2 | # TIPC configuration | 
|  | 3 | # | 
|  | 4 |  | 
| Jan Engelhardt | a31b19c | 2007-05-23 14:49:38 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | menuconfig TIPC | 
| Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | tristate "The TIPC Protocol (EXPERIMENTAL)" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | a31b19c | 2007-05-23 14:49:38 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL | 
| Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8 | ---help--- | 
| Per Liden | c11ac3f | 2006-01-16 16:32:18 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | The Transparent Inter Process Communication (TIPC) protocol is | 
|  | 10 | specially designed for intra cluster communication. This protocol | 
|  | 11 | originates from Ericsson where it has been used in carrier grade | 
|  | 12 | cluster applications for many years. | 
| Allan Stephens | 7981d6f | 2010-01-19 14:23:57 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 13 |  | 
| Per Liden | c11ac3f | 2006-01-16 16:32:18 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | For more information about TIPC, see http://tipc.sourceforge.net. | 
| Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 15 |  | 
|  | 16 | This protocol support is also available as a module ( = code which | 
|  | 17 | can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you | 
|  | 18 | want). The module will be called tipc. If you want to compile it | 
| Alexander E. Patrakov | 39f5fb3 | 2007-03-16 18:28:43 +0500 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | as a module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. | 
| Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 20 |  | 
|  | 21 | If in doubt, say N. | 
|  | 22 |  | 
| Jan Engelhardt | a31b19c | 2007-05-23 14:49:38 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | if TIPC | 
|  | 24 |  | 
| Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | config TIPC_ADVANCED | 
| Allan Stephens | 7981d6f | 2010-01-19 14:23:57 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | bool "Advanced TIPC configuration" | 
| Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | default n | 
|  | 28 | help | 
| Allan Stephens | 7981d6f | 2010-01-19 14:23:57 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | Saying Y here will open some advanced configuration for TIPC. | 
|  | 30 | Most users do not need to bother; if unsure, just say N. | 
| Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 31 |  | 
| Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | config TIPC_PORTS | 
|  | 33 | int "Maximum number of ports in a node" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | a31b19c | 2007-05-23 14:49:38 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | depends on TIPC_ADVANCED | 
| Allan Stephens | 7981d6f | 2010-01-19 14:23:57 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | range 127 65535 | 
| Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | default "8191" | 
|  | 37 | help | 
| Allan Stephens | 7981d6f | 2010-01-19 14:23:57 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | Specifies how many ports can be supported by a node. | 
|  | 39 | Can range from 127 to 65535 ports; default is 8191. | 
| Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 40 |  | 
| Allan Stephens | 0e65967 | 2010-12-31 18:59:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | Setting this to a smaller value saves some memory, | 
| Allan Stephens | 7981d6f | 2010-01-19 14:23:57 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | setting it to higher allows for more ports. | 
| Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 43 |  | 
|  | 44 | config TIPC_LOG | 
|  | 45 | int "Size of log buffer" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | a31b19c | 2007-05-23 14:49:38 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | depends on TIPC_ADVANCED | 
| Allan Stephens | 7981d6f | 2010-01-19 14:23:57 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | range 0 32768 | 
|  | 48 | default "0" | 
| Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | help | 
| Allan Stephens | 7981d6f | 2010-01-19 14:23:57 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | Size (in bytes) of TIPC's internal log buffer, which records the | 
|  | 51 | occurrence of significant events.  Can range from 0 to 32768 bytes; | 
|  | 52 | default is 0. | 
| Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 53 |  | 
|  | 54 | There is no need to enable the log buffer unless the node will be | 
|  | 55 | managed remotely via TIPC. | 
|  | 56 |  | 
|  | 57 | config TIPC_DEBUG | 
| Allan Stephens | 6e7e309 | 2010-12-31 18:59:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | bool "Enable debugging support" | 
| Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 59 | default n | 
|  | 60 | help | 
| Allan Stephens | 6e7e309 | 2010-12-31 18:59:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | Saying Y here enables TIPC debugging capabilities used by developers. | 
|  | 62 | Most users do not need to bother; if unsure, just say N. | 
| Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 63 |  | 
| Allan Stephens | 6e7e309 | 2010-12-31 18:59:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 64 | Enabling debugging support causes TIPC to display data about its | 
|  | 65 | internal state when certain abnormal conditions occur. It also | 
|  | 66 | makes it easy for developers to capture additional information of | 
|  | 67 | interest using the dbg() or msg_dbg() macros. | 
| Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 68 |  | 
| Jan Engelhardt | a31b19c | 2007-05-23 14:49:38 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 69 | endif # TIPC |