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Re: IPv6 & QoS in Linux - current state?

To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: IPv6 & QoS in Linux - current state?
From: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 16:39:39 -0700
Cc: kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Peter Bieringer <pb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Organization: Candela Technologies Inc
References: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1011011144931.5934A-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 11 Oct 2001 kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > Hello!
> >
> > > Does anyone know the current state?
> >
> > The state is the same as with IP. I.e. "complete".
> >
> >
> > > >   any QoS ( Flow label and traffic class) for Ipv6.
> > > >   If yes then in which distribution
> >
> > No idea. User level support for diffserv and intserv
> > may be missing in all the distributions.
> >
> > Kernel side is present as soon as distibution distributes kernel. :-)
> 
> Speaking of QoS, the new RealTek chips support two Tx outgoing queues,
> one for "normal Tx", and one for "priority Tx".  Is there any way to
> make the priority Tx queue useful to the kernel?
> 

You could look at VLAN's priority bits and do good things
based on them when VLANs are in use...

Ben
>         Jeff

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