Re: [RFC] netem - add jitter support.

[jamal <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 16:53, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> This patch adds jitter if desired to the delayed packets in the
> netem scheduler.  I dropped the rate stuff out and reorganized so
> that an underlying pfifo queue is used (next plan is to make it
> have class ops).
> 
> The jitter is given as sigma to a Gaussian normal distribution.  The actual
> implementation is a reduced form of the table driven stuff in NISTnet
> (free). 

Good stuff. 
- Is that NIST code/reference ok to put there? I have a feeling its
non-free.
- Could that table be computed in user space instead? This way you are
not restricted to just the normal distribution. I could also use them
if available from within tc sources,

cheers,
jamal