netdev - Re: [UPDATED] [NET-NEXT PATCH 1/2] pkt_sched: Add multiqueue scheduler support

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Message-Id: <20080911.201122.121295266.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:11:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	jeff@...zik.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	alexander.h.duyck@...el.com
Subject: Re: [UPDATED] [NET-NEXT PATCH 1/2] pkt_sched: Add multiqueue
 scheduler support

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:21:37 -0700

> From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
> 
> This patch is intended to add a qdisc to support the new tx multiqueue
> architecture by providing a band for each hardware queue.  By doing
> this it is possible to support a different qdisc per physical hardware
> queue.
> 
> This qdisc uses the skb->queue_mapping to select which band to place
> the traffic onto.  It then uses a round robin w/ a check to see if the
> subqueue is stopped to determine which band to dequeue the packet from.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Jarek provided a bunch of feedback on these changes, some of which
Alexander stated he would integrate, so I'm waiting for the next
submission of these two changes.

Just FYI.

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