netdev - Re: Network QoS support in applications

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Message-ID: <874om8m3mc.fsf@purkki.valot.fi>
Date:	Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:03:07 +0200
From:	Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@....fi>
To:	Steven Blake <slblake@...ri-meat.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, kaber@...sh.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Network QoS support in applications

Steven Blake <slblake@...ri-meat.com> writes:

>> This is a local policy decision.
>> 
>> There is no universal way of doing any of this, really.
>
> You are correct.  However, RFC 4594 is an attempt to get applications and
> network operators on the same page.  There is no harm done if apps set DSCP
> values in accordance with this RFC.

Wow, this is great. Somehow I missed this, thank you very much. I will
read it in detail now. 

DiffServ people should have written something like this from the
beginning.

-- 
Kalle Valo
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