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@@ -273,29 +273,20 @@ config IP_PIMSM_V2
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you want to play with it.
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config ARPD
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- bool "IP: ARP daemon support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
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- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
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+ bool "IP: ARP daemon support"
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---help---
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- Normally, the kernel maintains an internal cache which maps IP
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- addresses to hardware addresses on the local network, so that
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- Ethernet/Token Ring/ etc. frames are sent to the proper address on
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- the physical networking layer. For small networks having a few
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- hundred directly connected hosts or less, keeping this address
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- resolution (ARP) cache inside the kernel works well. However,
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- maintaining an internal ARP cache does not work well for very large
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- switched networks, and will use a lot of kernel memory if TCP/IP
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- connections are made to many machines on the network.
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-
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- If you say Y here, the kernel's internal ARP cache will never grow
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- to more than 256 entries (the oldest entries are expired in a LIFO
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- manner) and communication will be attempted with the user space ARP
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- daemon arpd. Arpd then answers the address resolution request either
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- from its own cache or by asking the net.
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-
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- This code is experimental and also obsolete. If you want to use it,
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- you need to find a version of the daemon arpd on the net somewhere,
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- and you should also say Y to "Kernel/User network link driver",
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- below. If unsure, say N.
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+ The kernel maintains an internal cache which maps IP addresses to
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+ hardware addresses on the local network, so that Ethernet/Token Ring/
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+ etc. frames are sent to the proper address on the physical networking
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+ layer. Normally, kernel uses the ARP protocol to resolve these
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+ mappings.
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+ Saying Y here adds support to have an user space daemon to do this
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+ resolution instead. This is useful for implementing an alternate
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+ address resolution protocol (e.g. NHRP on mGRE tunnels) and also for
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+ testing purposes.
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+
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+ If unsure, say N.
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config SYN_COOKIES
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bool "IP: TCP syncookie support (disabled per default)"
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