Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 02:47:02 +0900 From: Kenjiro Cho <kjc@csl.sony.co.jp> To: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: redesign of ifqueue in ALTQ Message-ID: <20000808024702G.kjc@csl.sony.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <200008071407.KAA08680@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> References: <20000807134544T.kjc@csl.sony.co.jp> <200008071407.KAA08680@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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Garrett Wollman wrote: > <<On Mon, 07 Aug 2000 13:45:44 +0900, Kenjiro Cho <kjc@csl.sony.co.jp> said: > > The new model removes direct references to the fields > > within ifp->if_snd, and defines the following macros to manipulate > > ifp-> if_snd: > > I tried to do this about four years ago, and was stymied by an > important driver's (mis-)use of the interface queue structure for its > own internal record-keeping. Complex drivers (e.g., de) are hard to convert. But this approach allows the old-style drivers to coexist so that we can start with easier drivers. Good news is that Bill Paul's drivers are much easier to convert. > Best of luck in making this work. Thanks for your support! -Kenjiro To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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