Re: [LARTC] Confusion about kernelconfig QoS-options

["Nils Lichtenfeld" <Nils.Lichtenfeld@gmx.net>]

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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