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Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 13:19:50 -0500
From: "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
Cc: Dave Täht <d@...t.net>, sedat.dilek@...il.com,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
bloat-devel@...ts.bufferbloat.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: debloat-testing kernel git tree
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 10:16:08AM -0800, Rick Jones wrote:
> > For wireless routers and cable home gateways especially, this research
> > shows that the total un-managed buffers in your system should be less
> > than 32.
>
> Would it be a good thing to start describing these queues not so much in
> terms of packets but in terms of delay (or bandwidth X delay)?
>
> Constants tend to live longer than they should, no matter how noble in
> birth.
Yes, it probably would -- that would be more meaningful between
different technologies and/or for technologies that might have variable
latencies due to shared media or whatnot.
Now, the question becomes what patches to propose to make that
happen... :-)
John
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