| # | |
| # Open vSwitch | |
| # | |
| config OPENVSWITCH | |
| tristate "Open vSwitch" | |
| ---help--- | |
| Open vSwitch is a multilayer Ethernet switch targeted at virtualized | |
| environments. In addition to supporting a variety of features | |
| expected in a traditional hardware switch, it enables fine-grained | |
| programmatic extension and flow-based control of the network. This | |
| control is useful in a wide variety of applications but is | |
| particularly important in multi-server virtualization deployments, | |
| which are often characterized by highly dynamic endpoints and the | |
| need to maintain logical abstractions for multiple tenants. | |
| The Open vSwitch datapath provides an in-kernel fast path for packet | |
| forwarding. It is complemented by a userspace daemon, ovs-vswitchd, | |
| which is able to accept configuration from a variety of sources and | |
| translate it into packet processing rules. | |
| See http://openvswitch.org for more information and userspace | |
| utilities. | |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will be | |
| called openvswitch. | |
| If unsure, say N. |