[LARTC] Confusion about kernelconfig QoS-options

[LARTC] Confusion about kernelconfig QoS-options

[Nils Lichtenfeld]

Hello there!

Using Kernel 2.4.19.

The modules I intend to use are SFQ queue, HTB packet scheduler,
Firewall based classifier and the U32 classifier.

Witch of the following options _NEED_ to be enabled? I ask, because the
goal is to have the kernel as small as possible.

< QOS and/or fair queueing >
[*]   QoS support
[*]     Rate estimator

[*]   Traffic policing


Thank you!
Greetings, Nils

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Re: [LARTC] Confusion about kernelconfig QoS-options

[Stef Coene]

On Thursday 29 August 2002 17:40, Nils Lichtenfeld wrote:
> Hello there!
>
> Using Kernel 2.4.19.
>
> The modules I intend to use are SFQ queue, HTB packet scheduler,
> Firewall based classifier and the U32 classifier.
>
> Witch of the following options _NEED_ to be enabled? I ask, because the
> goal is to have the kernel as small as possible.
Then use modules and load only the modules you need.

Stef

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Re: [LARTC] Confusion about kernelconfig QoS-options

[Nils Lichtenfeld]

Hi Stef!

Stef Coene schrieb:
>> Witch of the following options _NEED_ to be enabled? I ask, because
>> the goal is to have the kernel as small as possible.
> Then use modules and load only the modules you need.

That was not my question. The listed items are not selectable as
modules. They can only be compiled into the kernel or turned off. I list
them again, they reside in the < QOS and/or fair queueing > section:

[*]   QoS support
[*]     Rate estimator

[*]   Traffic policing

"*" is the default selection.

Thank you!
Greetings, Nils

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Re: [LARTC] Confusion about kernelconfig QoS-options

[Stef Coene]

On Thursday 29 August 2002 18:25, Nils Lichtenfeld wrote:
> Hi Stef!
>
> Stef Coene schrieb:
> >> Witch of the following options _NEED_ to be enabled? I ask, because
> >> the goal is to have the kernel as small as possible.
> >
> > Then use modules and load only the modules you need.
>
> That was not my question. The listed items are not selectable as
> modules. They can only be compiled into the kernel or turned off. I list
> them again, they reside in the < QOS and/or fair queueing > section:
>
> [*]   QoS support
Only needed if you want to implement QOS support so other devices on the 
network can send requestst for bandwidth.

> [*]     Rate estimator
This can be used for the "Traffic policing" to calculate the rate of the 
packets.

> [*]   Traffic policing
This is sort of tbf-in-filter.  You can configure a filter to only match 
packets at a certain rate.

You don't need these options to use SFQ, HTB, fw and/or u32.


Stef

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Re: [LARTC] Confusion about kernelconfig QoS-options

[Nils Lichtenfeld]

Hello Stef!

Stef Coene schrieb:
> On Thursday 29 August 2002 18:25, Nils Lichtenfeld wrote:
>> That was not my question. The listed items are not selectable as
>> modules. They can only be compiled into the kernel or turned off. I
>> list them again, they reside in the < QOS and/or fair queueing >
>> section:
>>
>> [*]   QoS support
> Only needed if you want to implement QOS support so other devices on
> the network can send requestst for bandwidth.
>
>> [*]     Rate estimator
> This can be used for the "Traffic policing" to calculate the rate of
> the packets.
>
>> [*]   Traffic policing
> This is sort of tbf-in-filter.  You can configure a filter to only
> match packets at a certain rate.
>
> You don't need these options to use SFQ, HTB, fw and/or u32.

Thank you very, very mutch! This is exactly the information I was hoping
for.

Greetings, Gundy

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