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@@ -29,15 +29,15 @@ Section 2: Qdisc support for multiqueue devices
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-Currently two qdiscs support multiqueue devices. The first is the default
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-pfifo_fast qdisc. This qdisc supports one qdisc per hardware queue. A new
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-round-robin qdisc, sch_multiq also supports multiple hardware queues. The
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+Currently two qdiscs are optimized for multiqueue devices. The first is the
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+default pfifo_fast qdisc. This qdisc supports one qdisc per hardware queue.
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+A new round-robin qdisc, sch_multiq also supports multiple hardware queues. The
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qdisc is responsible for classifying the skb's and then directing the skb's to
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qdisc is responsible for classifying the skb's and then directing the skb's to
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bands and queues based on the value in skb->queue_mapping. Use this field in
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bands and queues based on the value in skb->queue_mapping. Use this field in
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the base driver to determine which queue to send the skb to.
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the base driver to determine which queue to send the skb to.
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-sch_multiq has been added for hardware that wishes to avoid unnecessary
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-requeuing. It will cycle though the bands and verify that the hardware queue
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+sch_multiq has been added for hardware that wishes to avoid head-of-line
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+blocking. It will cycle though the bands and verify that the hardware queue
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associated with the band is not stopped prior to dequeuing a packet.
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associated with the band is not stopped prior to dequeuing a packet.
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On qdisc load, the number of bands is based on the number of queues on the
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On qdisc load, the number of bands is based on the number of queues on the
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@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ band 1 => queue 1
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band 2 => queue 2
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band 2 => queue 2
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band 3 => queue 3
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band 3 => queue 3
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-Traffic will begin flowing through each queue if your base device has either
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-the default simple_tx_hash or a custom netdev->select_queue() defined.
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+Traffic will begin flowing through each queue based on either the simple_tx_hash
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+function or based on netdev->select_queue() if you have it defined.
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The behavior of tc filters remains the same. However a new tc action,
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The behavior of tc filters remains the same. However a new tc action,
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skbedit, has been added. Assuming you wanted to route all traffic to a
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skbedit, has been added. Assuming you wanted to route all traffic to a
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