Re: [LARTC] Explanation reqd. for few (more than few!) concepts in TC <long>

[Suraj Shankar <su_raj_in@yahoo.com>]

Hi,
--- "Michael T. Babcock" <mbabcock@fibrespeed.net>
wrote:
 
> If I may Stef, a qdisc is short for a Queuing
> Discipline.  It determines 
> how a packet leaves itself.  A FIFO qdisc is
> basically what you have if 
> you don't use one at all; every packet comes in,
> lines up, and spits out 
> in the same order.
> 
> You can add classifiable queuing disciplines
> however.  Such a queuing 
> discipline allows you to add classes to it.  Each
> class is like a branch 
> in a tree.  When you get to the end of the branch
> you have a leaf and 
> that needs a queuing discipline again.
> 
> Whether it would work or not is one thing, but
> technically speaking, you 
> could add an HTB (classful) qdisc to eth0, then make
> a tree of classes 
> under that.  Then some of those could have SFQ or
> RED qdisc's attached 
> to them (the end leaves of the tree) and others
> could have another tree 
> added as HTB or CBQ even (also classful).
yes! somebody does think like I do ... but isn't there
a valid reason why a class is called a class and a
qdisc called a qdisc?!?

Thank you.

Regards,
suraj.

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