On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 12:25:36AM -0500, Miles Nordin wrote:
> I couldn't find the thread with details about the problems with PF in
> the tech-net archives to which you referred, just a post from itojun
> in October.  I don't want to reopen an old argument without the
> background.  Do you remember the approximate date of the thread?

From what I found, it was at end of June

> 
> Anyway, will there be no option to use PF as an ALTQ classifier?  If
> so, what's the case for the current ALTQ classifier?  

There will. The point is to be able to use something else than PF too,
using an appropriate API.

> 
> One of the ways the current situation sucks compared to OpenBSD is
> that you cannot do things like prioritize TCP ACKs with NetBSD ALTQ.
> It might also be nice to, for example, assign TCP flows to classes
> using the NAT proxies like ftp, the ones used for ``keep state''
> firewalls.  The ALTQ classifier is so primitive---is there some reason
> it's preferred over PF?

No reasons. The point is to have a proper API to be able to develop/use others
classifiers than PF if needed.

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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