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Subject: Re: Do we still care about HZ=1000 with dummynet ?
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Ensel Sharon wrote:
> I see in the dummynet man page:
>=20
>      Generally, the following options are required:
>=20
>            options IPFIREWALL
>            options DUMMYNET
>            options HZ=3D1000         # strongly recommended
>=20
> But all of the NOTES and other documentation only mention setting the H=
Z
> value in conjunction with DEVICE_POLLING.
>=20
> The man page for dummynet is dated October 2002.
>=20
> So the question is: circa 6.1, does it matter anymore to set an HZ valu=
e
> if you aren't using DEVICE_POLLING ?
>=20
> If so, why ?  I understand the benefit when used with DEVICE_POLLING, b=
ut
> not for dummynet ...

Every HZ (or divisor?) the dummynet pipes/queues are reprocessed and
recalculated to see whether a packet should leave the dummynet pipes/queu=
es.

--=20
Sten Daniel S=F8rsdal