Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 17:18:29 +0200 From: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> To: Diego Salvador <salvador_d13@yahoo.com.ph> Cc: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using ALTQ without PF in FreeBSD Message-ID: <200805121718.29589.max@love2party.net> In-Reply-To: <694237.4939.qm@web76113.mail.sg1.yahoo.com> References: <694237.4939.qm@web76113.mail.sg1.yahoo.com>
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Diego, please don't top post! On Monday 12 May 2008 16:06:16 Diego Salvador wrote: > Thanks for your reply and explanation! I now understand why ALTQ is in > PF-mode. What are the things needed to be done in order ALTQ to be > SMPng compliant? I haven't looked at the classifier code in a while. But IIRC it is a mess. I don't remember the details, but I'd stay away from it. That aside, what's wrong with the existing solutions? > What is the use of the option ALTQ_NOPCC in the > kernel? This is described to be used for SMP kernels? This is something completely different. It simply tells ALTQ to not use the TSC for timing directly as it might not be in sync on SMP boxes. > Yes, I will look > also on the pfil(9). This is the right solution, though I really think that either PF or IPFW can do what you need. If not, please be more specific about what your goal is. -- /"\ Best regards, | mlaier@freebsd.org \ / Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 X http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | mlaier@EFnet / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News
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