On 2007/07/30 17:33, Can Erkin Acar wrote:
> 
> The problem with this diff is that it assumes an ADSL link.
> While 'vcmux' is obviously ADSL terminology, I assume
> having 'pppoe' or 'bridge' would confuse others trying to
> use non-adsl pppoe connections or even real bridges.

That's a very fair point. I was aiming for a balance of accuracy
and simplicity with the keyword names, and might have gone too far
in the direction of simplicity (though the listing in the manual
is done in more detail).

> While altq is not my area, I think the diff would be
> more useful if it allowed an 'overhead' and a 'scale'
> to be set on an interface. You could then document suitable
> values for commonly used setups (pppoe/vcmux/whatever).

There are a finite number of adaptations which would be really useful,
so I think that adds unnecessary complexity to the configuration
language, and it's easier to see what's going on when this is expressed
directly in C than by listing magic numbers in an already-long manual
page. With the framework in place it's simple to see where additions
should go.

How would you feel about it with more descriptive keywords?

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