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_NODES |
Allan Stephens | 7981d6f | 2010-01-19 14:23:57 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | int "Maximum number of nodes in a cluster" |
Jan Engelhardt | a31b19c | 2007-05-23 14:49:38 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | depends on TIPC_ADVANCED |
Amerigo Wang | ee983ac | 2009-12-24 17:26:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | range 8 2047 |
Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | default "255" |
| 37 | help |
Allan Stephens | 7981d6f | 2010-01-19 14:23:57 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | Specifies how many nodes can be supported in a TIPC cluster. |
| 39 | Can range from 8 to 2047 nodes; default is 255. |
Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | |
Allan Stephens | 7981d6f | 2010-01-19 14:23:57 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | Setting this to a smaller value saves some memory; |
| 42 | setting it to higher allows for more nodes. |
Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 43 | |
| 44 | config TIPC_PORTS |
| 45 | int "Maximum number of ports in a node" |
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 127 65535 |
Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | default "8191" |
| 49 | help |
Allan Stephens | 7981d6f | 2010-01-19 14:23:57 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | Specifies how many ports can be supported by a node. |
| 51 | Can range from 127 to 65535 ports; default is 8191. |
Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | |
| 53 | Setting this to a smaller value saves some memory, |
Allan Stephens | 7981d6f | 2010-01-19 14:23:57 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 54 | setting it to higher allows for more ports. |
Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 55 | |
| 56 | config TIPC_LOG |
| 57 | int "Size of log buffer" |
Jan Engelhardt | a31b19c | 2007-05-23 14:49:38 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | depends on TIPC_ADVANCED |
Allan Stephens | 7981d6f | 2010-01-19 14:23:57 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 59 | range 0 32768 |
| 60 | default "0" |
Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | help |
Allan Stephens | 7981d6f | 2010-01-19 14:23:57 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | Size (in bytes) of TIPC's internal log buffer, which records the |
| 63 | occurrence of significant events. Can range from 0 to 32768 bytes; |
| 64 | default is 0. |
Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 65 | |
| 66 | There is no need to enable the log buffer unless the node will be |
| 67 | managed remotely via TIPC. |
| 68 | |
| 69 | config TIPC_DEBUG |
Allan Stephens | 6e7e309 | 2010-12-31 18:59:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 70 | bool "Enable debugging support" |
Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 71 | default n |
| 72 | help |
Allan Stephens | 6e7e309 | 2010-12-31 18:59:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 73 | Saying Y here enables TIPC debugging capabilities used by developers. |
| 74 | Most users do not need to bother; if unsure, just say N. |
Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 75 | |
Allan Stephens | 6e7e309 | 2010-12-31 18:59:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 76 | Enabling debugging support causes TIPC to display data about its |
| 77 | internal state when certain abnormal conditions occur. It also |
| 78 | makes it easy for developers to capture additional information of |
| 79 | interest using the dbg() or msg_dbg() macros. |
Per Liden | b97bf3f | 2006-01-02 19:04:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 80 | |
Jan Engelhardt | a31b19c | 2007-05-23 14:49:38 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 81 | endif # TIPC |