That is what i have pretty much found out thus far. I have a lot of reading to do! Thanks for documentation! -- Chris Scheller Network One Internet, inc. http://www.networkone.net/ System/Network Administration 1.888.GOT.NET1 On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Christian Worm Mortensen wrote: > Hi, > > >Can someone point me to some documentation on using the QoS features in > >the 2.2 series kernels? Also has anyone been using this, if so what kinda > >of results are you getting? > > I have used it. But it took a lot of time to get the neccsarry > understanding. Currently it seems to be neccesarry to understand how the > things are implemented in the kernel. Because all the available > documentation (that I have been able to find) seems to deal with that. The > best text I have seen is: > > "Quality of Service Support in Linux" by Saravanan Radhakrishnan. > > I can't remember where I found it, but I guess a search on some of the > search engines of the net will bring it up. Another good text is: > > "Linux Trafic Control - Implementation Overview" by Werner Almesberger. > > These (especially the second) will explain the generel concepts used in the > Linux kernel. The Linux kernel then implements a lot of different modules > based on these concepts. Basically it implements two kind of modules: > > Queuing disciplines > Filters > > The most interesting queueing discipline is the CBQ discipline. CBQ is > described in a scientific article called "Link-sharing and Resource > Management Models for Packet Networks". There is a reference to this article > in the source code and it is available on the net. The article is difficult > to read, especially when you are new to QoS as I was when I read it. > > About the filters I have not mannaged to understand any of the implemented > filters. I have not tried very hard, though. You might be able to find a > reference on the RSVP filter on the net since it seems to some kind of > standard filter not specific to the Linux kernel. > > I have written a queing discipline myself. I will probably realese within > not very long time together with some generel description of the QoS > features in Linux. > > > Christian > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
