TBF parameters: overhead and linklayer ?

TBF parameters: overhead and linklayer ?

[Julien Vehent]

Hello,

TC_TBF man page seem outdated (even in latest version of iproute2) and
doesn't explain what those two parameters do:

# tc qdisc add tbf help
Usage: ... tbf limit BYTES burst BYTES[/BYTES] rate KBPS [ mtu
BYTES[/BYTES] ]
        [ peakrate KBPS ] [ latency TIME ] [ overhead BYTES ] [ linklayer
TYPE ]


 - overhead ?
 - linklayer ?

Or did I miss something ?


Thanks,
Julien

Re: TBF parameters: overhead and linklayer [UTF-8]?

[Julien Vehent]

Thanks Roel,

I then found this wwebsite from your link http://www.adsl-optimizer.dk

I'm trying to find more information on how to use this... documentation is
really not easily accessible.

(currently reading latest iproute2 source code available)

On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:06:49 +0100, Roel van Meer <rolek@bokxing.nl>
wrote:
> Julien Vehent writes:
> 
>> TC_TBF man page seem outdated (even in latest version of iproute2) and
>> doesn't explain what those two parameters do:
>> 
>> # tc qdisc add tbf help
>> Usage: ... tbf limit BYTES burst BYTES[/BYTES] rate KBPS [ mtu
>> BYTES[/BYTES] ]
>>         [ peakrate KBPS ] [ latency TIME ] [ overhead BYTES ] [
linklayer
>> TYPE ]
>> 
>> 
>>  - overhead ?
>>  - linklayer ?
>> 
>> Or did I miss something ?
> 
> No, you're right. You might want to have a look at this page:
> http://ace-host.stuart.id.au/russell/files/tc/tc-atm/
> 
> Regards,
> 
> roel

Re: TBF parameters: overhead and linklayer ?

[Julien Vehent]

Gotcha !

in iproute2-2.6.33/tc/tc_util.c

442 int get_linklayer(unsigned int *val, const char *arg)
443 {
444         int res;
445  
446         if (matches(arg, "ethernet") == 0)
447                 res = LINKLAYER_ETHERNET;
448         else if (matches(arg, "atm") == 0)
449                 res = LINKLAYER_ATM;
450         else if (matches(arg, "adsl") == 0)
451                 res = LINKLAYER_ATM;
452         else 
453                 return -1; /* Indicate error */ 
454  
455         *val = res;
456         return 0;
457 }

Now, if I try this, it works:

ses0gnoc:~# tc qdisc add dev eth0 root tbf rate 1mbit burst 10000 latency
10ms linklayer atm

ses0gnoc:~# tc -s qdisc show dev eth0
qdisc tbf 8004: root rate 1000Kbit burst 10000b lat 10.0ms
 Sent 754 bytes 5 pkt (dropped 0, overlimits 0 requeues 0)
 rate 0bit 0pps backlog 0b 0p requeues 0


No ongoing taskforce to rewrite those manpages ? TC is a great tool, but
documentation severely suck...



On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:03:28 +0100, Julien Vehent <julien@linuxwall.info>
wrote:
> Thanks Roel,
> 
> I then found this wwebsite from your link http://www.adsl-optimizer.dk
> 
> I'm trying to find more information on how to use this... documentation
is
> really not easily accessible.
> 
> (currently reading latest iproute2 source code available)
> 
> On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:06:49 +0100, Roel van Meer <rolek@bokxing.nl>
> wrote:
>> Julien Vehent writes:
>> 
>>> TC_TBF man page seem outdated (even in latest version of iproute2) and
>>> doesn't explain what those two parameters do:
>>> 
>>> # tc qdisc add tbf help
>>> Usage: ... tbf limit BYTES burst BYTES[/BYTES] rate KBPS [ mtu
>>> BYTES[/BYTES] ]
>>>         [ peakrate KBPS ] [ latency TIME ] [ overhead BYTES ] [
> linklayer
>>> TYPE ]
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  - overhead ?
>>>  - linklayer ?
>>> 
>>> Or did I miss something ?
>> 
>> No, you're right. You might want to have a look at this page:
>> http://ace-host.stuart.id.au/russell/files/tc/tc-atm/
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> roel
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