From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from guug.org (guug.galileo.edu [200.9.255.130]) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C407020016C for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:37:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 1001) by guug.org with local; Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:37:56 -0600 id 070419A7.5109CAF4.000020F5 Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:37:56 -0600 From: Otto Solares Cabrera To: Michael Richardson Message-ID: <20130131013756.GA29045@guug.org> References: <11610.1359475521@sandelman.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <11610.1359475521@sandelman.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: bloat Subject: Re: [Bloat] Debian wheezy; linux 3.2-debian to include codel X-BeenThere: bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: General list for discussing Bufferbloat List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:37:58 -0000 On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 11:05:21AM -0500, Michael Richardson wrote: > > [snip...] > > Byte Queue Limits (BQL) allows network drivers to reduce unnecessary > buffering in their hardware transmit queues. This has been implemented > in the bnx2, bnx2x, e1000e, forcedeth, igb, ixgbe, sfc, skge and tg3 > drivers in Linux 3.3 onwards. Documentation is in the commit that added > it, but you're unlikely to need it. I added BQL support to e1000 but was merged for 3.7, hopefully that could be backported too... > [snip...] -- Otto