Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:33:39 -0500 | Subject | Re: txqueuelen has wrong units; should be time | From | Albert Cahalan <> |
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On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 5:55 AM, Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@mbnet.fi> wrote:
> I made simple hack on sch_fifo with per packet time limits (attachment) this > weekend and have been doing limited testing on wireless link. I think > hardlimit is fine, it's simple and does somewhat same as what > packet(-hard)limited buffer does, drops packets when buffer is 'full'. My > hack checks for timed out packets on enqueue, might be wrong approach (on > other hand might allow some more burstiness).
Thanks!
I think the default is too high. 1 ms may even be a bit high.
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.
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