-config NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL
- bool "Forwarding between high speed interfaces"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
- ---help---
- This option enables NIC (Network Interface Card) hardware throttling
- during periods of extreme congestion. At the moment only a couple
- of device drivers support it (really only one -- tulip, a modified
- 8390 driver can be found at
- <ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/net/ip-routing/fastroute/fastroute-8390.tar.gz>).
-
- Really, this option is applicable to any machine attached to a fast
- enough network, and even a 10 Mb NIC is able to kill a not very slow
- box, such as a 120MHz Pentium.
-
- However, do not say Y here if you did not experience any serious
- problems.
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