kernel: Add KERNEL_DCB (Data Center Bridging)

The kmod-mlxsw-spectrum driver activated CONFIG_DCB indirectly already
on all targets which are building this driver. All other DCB capable
driver did not activate their DCB support.

CONFIG_DCB increases the uncompressed kernel size by about 7.8KB.

CONFIG_DCB is only needed some data center Ethernet cards and not used
on normal routers. Activate it only on the x86_64 and the armsr_arm64
target which are used on normal servers or in VMs.

Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/17672
Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
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Hauke Mehrtens
2025-01-19 19:49:38 +01:00
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@@ -1212,6 +1212,28 @@ config KERNEL_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV
drivers to support L3 master devices like VRF.
Increases the compressed kernel size by ~4kB (as of Linux 6.6).
config KERNEL_DCB
bool "Data Center Bridging support"
default y if TARGET_armsr_armv8
default y if TARGET_x86_64
help
This enables support for configuring Data Center Bridging (DCB)
features on DCB capable Ethernet adapters via rtnetlink. Say 'Y'
if you have a DCB capable Ethernet adapter which supports this
interface and you are connected to a DCB capable switch.
DCB is a collection of Ethernet enhancements which allow DCB capable
NICs and switches to support network traffic with differing
requirements (highly reliable, no drops vs. best effort vs. low
latency) to co-exist on Ethernet.
DCB features include:
Enhanced Transmission Selection (aka Priority Grouping) - provides a
framework for assigning bandwidth guarantees to traffic classes.
Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) - a MAC control pause frame which
works at the granularity of the 802.1p priority instead of the
link (802.3x).
config KERNEL_XDP_SOCKETS
bool "XDP sockets support"
help