> On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, Olaf Meyer wrote: > > > I'm modfying the WaveLAN ethernet device driver in order > > to get some Quality of Service guarantees. To this end > > I have to control the timing when packets get transmitted. > > I therefore cannot transmit packets when net_bh wants > > to transmit them. The first question of course is _why_ is he putting QoS guarantees at the device level not higher up as 2.1.x does > You should put a reasonable upper limit on the length of the list, or you could > cause memory overruns. When that upper limit is reached, set tbusy = 1 and Well before that you hit the point where you upset protocols with excess buffering. TCP wants to see the fact your link is not that good, thats what lets it respond effectively Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
