netdev - Re: iproute2-2.6.20-070313 bug ?

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Message-Id: <20070322133538.M93466@visp.net.lb>
Date:	Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:35:38 +0200
From:	"Denys" <denys@...p.net.lb>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: iproute2-2.6.20-070313 bug ?

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:23:01 +0100, Patrick McHardy wrote
> Please don't remove CCs.
> 
> Denys wrote:
> > 1024kb (if i am not wrong 1Mbyte) is huge?
> > 
> > For me it is ok, as soon as i have RAM.
> 
> Its not about the memory, its about the resulting queueing delay.
> If you buffer packets for 64 seconds the sender will retransmit
> them and you end up wasting bandwidth.
> 
> > Another thing, it is working well 
> > with old tc. Just really if i have plenty of RAM's and i want 32second 
> > buffer, why i cannot have that, and if i see it is really possible before?
> 
> I know it worked before. But I can't think of a reason why anyone
> would want a buffer that large. Why do you want to queue packets
> for up to 64 seconds?
Seems i misunderstand how it works. If i am not wrong, till buffer available, 
bandwidth will be given on "peakrate" speed, and when buffer is empty - on 
"rate" speed. I am wrong?
At least it was working like this before.

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