From 602ce0881be6c31c9912d855c2234872e0cdc487 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Borkmann Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:31:25 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] packet.7: Document PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS New in Linux 3.14. Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/packet.7 | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/man7/packet.7 b/man7/packet.7 index 93f91e96a..3cac8a617 100644 --- a/man7/packet.7 +++ b/man7/packet.7 @@ -425,6 +425,11 @@ creates a packet receive ring of variant .BR TPACKET_V1 . To create another variant, configure the desired variant by setting this integer option before creating the ring. +.TP +.BR PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS " (since Linux 3.14)" +By default, packets sent through packet sockets pass through the kernel's +qdisc (traffic control) layer. This can be bypassed by setting this integer +option to one for usage scenarios similar to pktgen. .SS Ioctls .B SIOCGSTAMP