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From: Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@jauu.net>
To: Albert Cahalan <acahalan@gmail.com>
Cc: Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@mbnet.fi>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>,
	Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	<netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: txqueuelen has wrong units; should be time
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:38:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <cbb9e1113901f1a324359b6ed3f1a611@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimofhhH5omyk=HhkyaNG+MGqoac4rDf=dPuR7K-@mail.gmail.com>


On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:33:39 -0500, Albert Cahalan wrote:



> I suppose there is a need to allow at least 2 packets despite any

> time limits, so that it remains possible to use a traditional modem

> even if a huge packet takes several seconds to send.



That is a good point! We talk about as we may know every use case of

Linux. But this is not true at all. One of my customer for example operates

the Linux network stack functionality on top of a proprietary MAC/Driver

where the current packet queue characteristic is just fine. The

time-drop-approach is unsuitable because the bandwidth can vary in a small

amount of time over a great range (0 till max. bandwidth). A sufficient

buffering shows up superior in this environment (only IPv{4,6}/UDP).



Hagen

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-02-28 15:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-02-27  5:44 txqueuelen has wrong units; should be time Albert Cahalan
2011-02-27  7:02 ` Mikael Abrahamsson
2011-02-27  7:54   ` Eric Dumazet
2011-02-27  8:27     ` Albert Cahalan
2011-02-27 10:55       ` Jussi Kivilinna
2011-02-27 20:07         ` Eric Dumazet
2011-02-27 21:32           ` Jussi Kivilinna
2011-02-28 11:43           ` Jussi Kivilinna
2011-02-28 13:10             ` Eric Dumazet
2011-02-28 18:31               ` Jussi Kivilinna
2011-02-28 16:11           ` John W. Linville
2011-02-28 16:48             ` Eric Dumazet
2011-02-28 16:55               ` John W. Linville
2011-02-28 17:18                 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-02-28 21:45                 ` John Heffner
2011-03-01  4:11                   ` Albert Cahalan
2011-03-01  4:18                     ` David Miller
2011-03-01  6:54                       ` Albert Cahalan
2011-03-01  7:25                         ` David Miller
2011-03-01  7:26                         ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-01 19:37                           ` Albert Cahalan
2011-03-01 20:14                             ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-01 20:16                               ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-02  3:10                           ` Mikael Abrahamsson
2011-03-02 20:25                             ` Chris Friesen
2011-03-01  5:01                     ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-01  5:36                       ` Eric Dumazet
2011-02-27 23:33         ` Albert Cahalan
2011-02-28 11:23           ` Jussi Kivilinna
2011-03-02 21:54             ` [RFC LOL OMG] pfifo_lat: qdisc that limits dequeueing based on estimated link latency John W. Linville
2011-03-02 22:08               ` John W. Linville
2011-03-03 12:51               ` Eric Dumazet
2011-02-28 15:38           ` Hagen Paul Pfeifer [this message]
2011-02-28 16:37             ` txqueuelen has wrong units; should be time Albert Cahalan
2011-02-28 17:45               ` John W. Linville
2011-02-28 17:20             ` Bill Sommerfeld
2011-02-28 21:51               ` John Heffner
2011-03-01  0:46                 ` Mikael Abrahamsson
2011-03-02  6:25                   ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-03-02  6:41                     ` Mikael Abrahamsson
2011-03-02  7:07                       ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-03-02 16:41                         ` Mikael Abrahamsson
2011-03-02 16:50                           ` Eric Dumazet

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