If you want to use a particular kind of QoS, the first step is to find the right Linux kernel qdisc to support that QoS. Then, if necessary, we can talk about adding support to OVS for configuring that qdisc.
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 07:45:49PM +0530, Kapil Adhikesavalu wrote: > Thanks Ben > > using flow rules i can send it to the desired queues. > currently i see only 2 types of Qos was supported : linux-htb and > linux-hfsc. > if i use linux-htb, what it actually gives me was bandwidth shared priority > queue. > > lets take an example > > i will create 2 queues. > q1 i will use for arp and icmp packets > q2 i will use for data packets > if max rate of port was 1gig. > > lets say both can have max rate of 1 gig each > > how to make sure that Control packets in q1 are processed first before > processing data packets in q2. so that packets may not get dropped in Q1. > > I did not see much info about this in OVS,not in linux-htb docs. linux-htb > docs says more on rate-limiting > but my requirement is during congestion, Control packet software queues > should empty first before data packet queues > > Appreciate you valuable answers > > Regards > kapil. > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 7:31 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@ovn.org> wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 07:00:23AM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 06:53:31PM +0530, Kapil Adhikesavalu wrote: > > > > Can OVS supports priority queues.Meaning, any packet comes with .1p > > high > > > > priority send to High priority Queues. I couldn't find this info from > > the > > > > available docs. > > > > The requirement was to send all network control packets to high > > priority > > > > queue.Even if Data traffic comes with high rate, the network control > > packets > > > > should never be dropped. > > > > > > You can use flows to set any DSCP you like. > > > > Or 802.1p priority as I guess that's what you're concerned with in this > > case. > > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
