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Date:      Sat, 4 Sep 1999 16:05:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
To:        Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
Cc:        Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/ppp bundle.c cbcp.c chap.c command.c fsm.c hdlc.h ip.c ipcp.c ipcp.h link.c link.h lqr.c mp.c pap.c ppp.8 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909041603340.14497-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
In-Reply-To: <199909040958.KAA69820@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org>

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On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, Brian Somers wrote:
> > Why not use the IP TOS field?
> 
> Packets already go into the priority queue if ip_tos is 
> IPTOS_LOWDELAY.  In fact, I'm considering making 4 queues so that 
> having a priority port and IPTOS_LOWDELAY prioritises the packet over 
> packets that have only one of these characteristics.

I realize that all the traffic that you've classified as priority probably
doesn't have any TOS bits set.  I see a small extension to IPFW as the
solution here.  It makes setup a little more involved but it reduces the
amount of specialized code in ppp.

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