Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net

[cascardo/linux.git] / Documentation / sysctl / net.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt
index 04892b8..666594b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt
@@ -120,10 +120,14 @@ seconds.
 warnings
 --------
 
-This controls console messages from the networking stack that can occur because
-of problems on the network like duplicate address or bad checksums. Normally,
-this should be enabled, but if the problem persists the messages can be
-disabled.
+This sysctl is now unused.
+
+This was used to control console messages from the networking stack that
+occur because of problems on the network like duplicate address or bad
+checksums.
+
+These messages are now emitted at KERN_DEBUG and can generally be enabled
+and controlled by the dynamic_debug facility.
 
 netdev_budget
 -------------
@@ -138,6 +142,28 @@ netdev_max_backlog
 Maximum number  of  packets,  queued  on  the  INPUT  side, when the interface
 receives packets faster than kernel can process them.
 
+netdev_rss_key
+--------------
+
+RSS (Receive Side Scaling) enabled drivers use a 40 bytes host key that is
+randomly generated.
+Some user space might need to gather its content even if drivers do not
+provide ethtool -x support yet.
+
+myhost:~# cat /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_rss_key
+84:50:f4:00:a8:15:d1:a7:e9:7f:1d:60:35:c7:47:25:42:97:74:ca:56:bb:b6:a1:d8: ... (52 bytes total)
+
+File contains nul bytes if no driver ever called netdev_rss_key_fill() function.
+Note:
+/proc/sys/net/core/netdev_rss_key contains 52 bytes of key,
+but most drivers only use 40 bytes of it.
+
+myhost:~# ethtool -x eth0
+RX flow hash indirection table for eth0 with 8 RX ring(s):
+    0:    0     1     2     3     4     5     6     7
+RSS hash key:
+84:50:f4:00:a8:15:d1:a7:e9:7f:1d:60:35:c7:47:25:42:97:74:ca:56:bb:b6:a1:d8:43:e3:c9:0c:fd:17:55:c2:3a:4d:69:ed:f1:42:89
+
 netdev_tstamp_prequeue
 ----------------------