CONFIG_NET_SWITCHDEV: Switch (and switch-ish) device support

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_NET_SWITCHDEV has multiple definitions:

Switch (and switch-ish) device support found in net/switchdev/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_NET_SWITCHDEV:

• prompt: Switch (and switch-ish) device support
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_INET
• defined in net/switchdev/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 4.7–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.8, 6.9-rc+HEAD

Help text

This module provides glue between core networking code and device drivers in order to support hardware switch chips in very generic meaning of the word "switch". This include devices supporting L2/L3 but also various flow offloading chips, including switches embedded into SR-IOV NICs.

Switch (and switch-ish) device support (EXPERIMENTAL) found in net/switchdev/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_NET_SWITCHDEV:

• prompt: Switch (and switch-ish) device support (EXPERIMENTAL)
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_INET
• defined in net/switchdev/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 3.19, 4.0–4.6

Help text

This module provides glue between core networking code and device drivers in order to support hardware switch chips in very generic meaning of the word "switch". This include devices supporting L2/L3 but also various flow offloading chips, including switches embedded into SR-IOV NICs.

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