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diff --git a/net/hsr/Kconfig b/net/hsr/Kconfig index 9c58f8763997..1b048c17b6c8 100644 --- a/net/hsr/Kconfig +++ b/net/hsr/Kconfig @@ -4,24 +4,35 @@ # config HSR - tristate "High-availability Seamless Redundancy (HSR)" - ---help--- + tristate "High-availability Seamless Redundancy (HSR & PRP)" + help + This enables IEC 62439 defined High-availability Seamless + Redundancy (HSR) and Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP). + If you say Y here, then your Linux box will be able to act as a - DANH ("Doubly attached node implementing HSR"). For this to work, - your Linux box needs (at least) two physical Ethernet interfaces, - and it must be connected as a node in a ring network together with - other HSR capable nodes. + DANH ("Doubly attached node implementing HSR") or DANP ("Doubly + attached node implementing PRP"). For this to work, your Linux box + needs (at least) two physical Ethernet interfaces. + + For DANH, it must be connected as a node in a ring network together + with other HSR capable nodes. All Ethernet frames sent over the HSR + device will be sent in both directions on the ring (over both slave + ports), giving a redundant, instant fail-over network. Each HSR node + in the ring acts like a bridge for HSR frames, but filters frames + that have been forwarded earlier. - All Ethernet frames sent over the hsr device will be sent in both - directions on the ring (over both slave ports), giving a redundant, - instant fail-over network. Each HSR node in the ring acts like a - bridge for HSR frames, but filters frames that have been forwarded - earlier. + For DANP, it must be connected as a node connecting to two + separate networks over the two slave interfaces. Like HSR, Ethernet + frames sent over the PRP device will be sent to both networks giving + a redundant, instant fail-over network. Unlike HSR, PRP networks + can have Singly Attached Nodes (SAN) such as PC, printer, bridges + etc and will be able to communicate with DANP nodes. This code is a "best effort" to comply with the HSR standard as described in IEC 62439-3:2010 (HSRv0) and IEC 62439-3:2012 (HSRv1), - but no compliancy tests have been made. Use iproute2 to select - the version you desire. + and PRP standard described in IEC 62439-4:2012 (PRP), but no + compliancy tests have been made. Use iproute2 to select the protocol + you would like to use. You need to perform any and all necessary tests yourself before relying on this code in a safety critical system! |