On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Pawel Malachowski wrote: > On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 03:02:38PM +0200, Max Laier wrote: > > Hello, > > > as PF+ALTQ gateway in production environment. For ALTQ there is the problem > > of "will your driver be supported?". > > Could You please explain a bit, why ALTQ model is placed so close > to network adapter driver (that they have to be modified) instead > of placing it in upper layers (and leaving NIC drivers untouched)?
Short answer: ALTQ is short for "alternate queueing", it works by changing the default (FIFO) queueing discipline of the NIC. For the details and design criteria, look here: ftp://ftp.csl.sony.co.jp/pub/kjc/papers/dissertation.ps.gz http://www.csl.sony.co.jp/person/kjc/kjc/papers/usenix98/ Fer _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
