On 7/20/20 9:57 AM, Murali Karicheri wrote: > diff --git a/net/hsr/Kconfig b/net/hsr/Kconfig > index 8095b034e76e..e2e396870230 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--- Just use: help The use of "---help---" has been discontinued. > + 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 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 PRP > + 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! thanks. -- ~Randy