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Message-ID: <20251015185102.2444-15-ouster@cs.stanford.edu>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:51:01 -0700
From: John Ousterhout <ouster@...stanford.edu>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: pabeni@...hat.com,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	horms@...nel.org,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	John Ousterhout <ouster@...stanford.edu>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v16 14/14] net: homa: create Makefile and Kconfig

Before this commit the Homa code is "inert": it won't be compiled
in kernel builds. This commit adds Homa's Makefile and Kconfig, and
also links Homa into net/Makefile and net/Kconfig, so that Homa
will be built during kernel builds if enabled (it is disabled by
default).

Signed-off-by: John Ousterhout <ouster@...stanford.edu>
---
 net/homa/Kconfig  | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 net/homa/Makefile | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 net/homa/Kconfig
 create mode 100644 net/homa/Makefile

diff --git a/net/homa/Kconfig b/net/homa/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..16fec3fd52ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/homa/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause or GPL-2.0+
+#
+# Homa transport protocol
+#
+
+menuconfig HOMA
+	tristate "The Homa transport protocol"
+	depends on INET
+	depends on IPV6
+
+	help
+	  Homa is a network transport protocol for communication within
+	  a datacenter. It provides significantly lower latency than TCP,
+	  particularly for workloads containing a mixture of large and small
+	  messages operating at high network utilization. At present, Homa
+	  has been only partially upstreamed; this version provides bare-bones
+	  functionality but is not performant. For more information see the
+	  homa(7) man page or checkout the Homa Wiki at
+	  https://homa-transport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HOMA/overview.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
diff --git a/net/homa/Makefile b/net/homa/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..57f051d44c6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/homa/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+obj-$(CONFIG_HOMA) := homa.o
+homa-y:=        homa_incoming.o \
+                homa_interest.o \
+                homa_outgoing.o \
+                homa_peer.o \
+		homa_plumbing.o \
+                homa_pool.o \
+		homa_rpc.o \
+		homa_sock.o \
+		homa_timer.o \
+		homa_utils.o
-- 
2.43.0