| Jesse Gross | ccb1352 | 2011-10-25 19:26:31 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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. |