From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Matt Ayres <matta@tektonic.net>
Subject: Re: [Xen-changelog] Plumb network vif credit-based rate
 limiting thorugh xenbus
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 11:34:24 -0500
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Xen patchbot -unstable wrote:
> # HG changeset patch
> # User kaf24@firebug.cl.cam.ac.uk
> # Node ID dadadf9aeee713bbe2f8dc040a74f7cea2223f41
> # Parent  2769a38f0e3e7ab544293833276a5d8cd0875483
> Plumb network vif credit-based rate limiting thorugh xenbus
> and xend into xm guest config files.
> 
> A new vif parameter 'rate' is supported, with an optional time window
> paremeter for specifying granularity of credit replenishment. The default
> window is 50ms. For example:
> 
>  'rate=10Mb/s'  'rate=250KB/s'  'rate=1MB/s@20ms'
> 

Is this rate in+out or out only?  Also, perhaps Chris could explain for 
us non-kernel hackers the purpose of specifying the credit replenishment 
  granularity and how it can be beneficial to tune it under certain 
circumstances?

Thank you,
Matt Ayres