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From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>
To: shubha mr <shubha_mr@yahoo.com>
Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: priority queues
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On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 07:43:47AM +0100, shubha mr wrote:
> Hi,
> Does BSD support priority queues for ethernet network
> drivers?Any sample network drivers for the same?

look at dummynet "queue"s -- ipfw(8) manpage and
http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ip_dummynet/

they implement an efficient variant of weighted fair queueing and
have been in the system for almost 3 years now.
Device independent.

	cheers
	luigi

> Thanks and Regards,
> shubha
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