Subject: Re: multiple Tx queues
To: Daniel Carosone <dan@geek.com.au>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 01/07/2004 18:08:04
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On Jan 7, 2004, at 5:48 PM, Daniel Carosone wrote:

>  - we need a good, general, appropriate interface from the driver, to
>    expose this hardware feature into something like altq, so the
>    administrator can set policy based on his own choices.  This partly
>    presumes that some other chips (wired or not) likely have some
>    similar features.

And the other way.  Ethernet VLAN encapsulation also includes a 
priority field, and some hardware (station and switch chips) can act on 
those priority fields in both transmit and receive directions.

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>


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