Re: Interested in {Create an in-kernel API for "packet classes"}

["Ermal Luçi" <ermal.luci%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Darren Reed <darrenr%netbsd.org@localhost> 
wrote:
> Indradip Ghosh wrote:
>
> > Hello Mentors,
> > This is Indradip, a Grad student at University of Texas at Arlington.
> >  I am interested to work on the project {Create an in-kernel API for
> > "packet classes"} .
> > My proposal is as follows:
> >
> >
>  ...
>
>  See my comments to Anish's idea...and to summarise...
>
>  To validate the project accomplishing a packet class API that is
> independant
>  of pf, it needs to be used by another consumer - ipfilter is a good
> candidate -
>  to prove that you've got the API right and not just a divided API for pf.

One thing that i struggle with. Does this mean that you need to modify
all the drivers to tag/label their packets?!

Or does it mean resurrecting old ALTQ classifier to have a generic way
of doing this and extend it to handle 802.11 or other classes?!

Ermal

>
>  Darren
>
>