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Re: AltQ


On 01-Feb-00 James WorK wrote:
>> OK, my best best would be to base alt-q on bpf, or maybe just under it.
>> 
>> I'll look at all this HUGE networking code, and see were AltQ could fit.
>> Any suggestion from you gurus are welcome. And when I come back with
>> something,
>> there will certainly be a need for deep cleaning ;-)
> 
> I fitted AltQ 2.1-post-release in OpenBSD-current tonight. I didn't 
> add any interface support beyond the one that is already into AltQ 
> 2.1. Should we merge it to OpenBSD tree? Adding new drivers 
> support should be kinda easy.
> 

Yes, that was my idea. (with the approval of the high players :-)

We should also try to extend AltQ beyond the x86 platform. (in collaboration
with the NetBSD team)
Kenjiro, what would be the main difficulties in implementing AltQ on other
CPUs ?

Maybe you could submit the diffs (huge as they are, don't pollute the list,
just send to whom are interested -> at least me ;-)

Regards,

        Thierry