Messages in this thread | | | From | Mugunthan V N <> | Subject | [net-next PATCH v2 0/3] Broadcast/Multicast rate limit via Ethtool Coalesce | Date | Wed, 9 Jul 2014 12:44:07 +0530 |
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A system/cpu can be loaded by a hacker with flooding of broadcast or multicast packets, to prevent this some Ethernet controllers like CPSW provide a mechanism to limit the broadcast/multicast packet rate via hardware limiters. This patch series enables this feature via Ethtool Coalesce.
Mugunthan V N (3): net: ethtool: Add Multicast and broadcast rate limit coalescing feature drivers: net: cpsw: remove redundancy check drivers: net: cpsw: Add support for multicast/broadcast rate limit
drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | 4 ++ 2 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
-- 2.0.0.390.gcb682f8
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