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Arvid Brodinf4214362013-10-30 21:10:47 +01001#
2# IEC 62439-3 High-availability Seamless Redundancy
3#
4
5config HSR
6 tristate "High-availability Seamless Redundancy (HSR)"
7 ---help---
8 If you say Y here, then your Linux box will be able to act as a
9 DANH ("Doubly attached node implementing HSR"). For this to work,
10 your Linux box needs (at least) two physical Ethernet interfaces,
11 and it must be connected as a node in a ring network together with
12 other HSR capable nodes.
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14 All Ethernet frames sent over the hsr device will be sent in both
15 directions on the ring (over both slave ports), giving a redundant,
16 instant fail-over network. Each HSR node in the ring acts like a
17 bridge for HSR frames, but filters frames that have been forwarded
18 earlier.
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20 This code is a "best effort" to comply with the HSR standard as
21 described in IEC 62439-3:2010 (HSRv0), but no compliancy tests have
22 been made.
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24 You need to perform any and all necessary tests yourself before
25 relying on this code in a safety critical system!
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27 If unsure, say N.