162306a36Sopenharmony_ci# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only 262306a36Sopenharmony_ciconfig DCB 362306a36Sopenharmony_ci bool "Data Center Bridging support" 462306a36Sopenharmony_ci default n 562306a36Sopenharmony_ci help 662306a36Sopenharmony_ci This enables support for configuring Data Center Bridging (DCB) 762306a36Sopenharmony_ci features on DCB capable Ethernet adapters via rtnetlink. Say 'Y' 862306a36Sopenharmony_ci if you have a DCB capable Ethernet adapter which supports this 962306a36Sopenharmony_ci interface and you are connected to a DCB capable switch. 1062306a36Sopenharmony_ci 1162306a36Sopenharmony_ci DCB is a collection of Ethernet enhancements which allow DCB capable 1262306a36Sopenharmony_ci NICs and switches to support network traffic with differing 1362306a36Sopenharmony_ci requirements (highly reliable, no drops vs. best effort vs. low 1462306a36Sopenharmony_ci latency) to co-exist on Ethernet. 1562306a36Sopenharmony_ci 1662306a36Sopenharmony_ci DCB features include: 1762306a36Sopenharmony_ci Enhanced Transmission Selection (aka Priority Grouping) - provides a 1862306a36Sopenharmony_ci framework for assigning bandwidth guarantees to traffic classes. 1962306a36Sopenharmony_ci Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) - a MAC control pause frame which 2062306a36Sopenharmony_ci works at the granularity of the 802.1p priority instead of the 2162306a36Sopenharmony_ci link (802.3x). 2262306a36Sopenharmony_ci 2362306a36Sopenharmony_ci If unsure, say N. 24