Re: [e1000 2.6 10/11] TxDescriptors -> 1024 default

[Robert Olsson <Robert.Olsson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

jamal writes:

 > I think this may not be good for the reason of QoS. You want BGP packets
 > to be given priority over ftp. A single queue kills that.

 Well so far single queue has been robust enough for BGP-sessions. Talking
 from own experiences...

 > The current default 3 band queue is good enough, the only challenge
 > being noone sees stats for it. I have a patch for the kernel at:
 > http://www.cyberus.ca/~hadi/patches/restore.pfifo.kernel
 > and for tc at:
 > http://www.cyberus.ca/~hadi/patches/restore.pfifo.tc
 
 Yes. 
 I've missed this. Our lazy work-around for the missing stats is to install 
 pfifo qdisc as said. IMO it should be included.

 Cheers.
                                                --ro