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Commit 24e96471 authored by Gregory Nutt's avatar Gregory Nutt
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net/Kconfig: IP forwarding no long depends on only IPv6. Also update Kconfig comments.

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......@@ -288,24 +288,18 @@ source "net/sixlowpan/Kconfig"
config NET_IPFORWARD
bool "Enable L2 forwarding"
default n
depends on NET_IPv6
---help---
Enable forwarding of IPv6 packets. Packets received with IPv6
addresses which are not supported by this platform will be forwarded
to the appropriate network device. Routing table support may be
required.
NOTE: L2 forwarding only supported for IPv6. There is no technical
reason why IPv4 forwarding has not been implemented, it just has
not yet been done.
Enable forwarding of packets. Packets received with IP addresses
that are not supported by this platform will be forwarded to the
appropriate network device. Routing table support may be required.
config NET_IPFORWARD_NSTRUCT
int "Number of pre-allocated forwarding structures"
default 4
depends on NET_IPFORWARD && CONFIG_NETDEV_MULTINIC
---help---
When packets are forward from on device to another, a structure must
be allocated to hold the state of forwarding across several
When packets are forwarded from on device to another, a structure
must be allocated to hold the state of forwarding across several
asynchronous events. Those structures are pre-allocated for
minimal, deterministic performance and to prevent hogging of memory
(of course, that means that this value must be carefully selected
......@@ -314,7 +308,8 @@ config NET_IPFORWARD_NSTRUCT
NOTE: This setting effectively puts a maximum on the number of
packets that may be waiting to be forwarded from one network device
to another.
to another. CONFIG_IOB_NBUFFERS also limits the forward because the
payload of the packet (up to the MSS) is retain in IOBs.
endmenu # Internet Protocol Selection
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