[Cerowrt-devel] [Bloat] Cisco article about Bufferbloat

[Rich Brown]

Thanks, Jesper,

On May 8, 2014, at 6:17 AM, Jesper Dangaard Brouer <jbrouer at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 7 May 2014 09:20:51 -0400
> Rich Brown <richb.hanover at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Cisco posted a note re: Bufferbloat and their PIE algorithm the other day. 
>> 
>> I added a comment that gives a little more background about the history
>> of the problem, and acknowledges the work from the Bufferbloat project
>> team, kernel developers, and other industry players to produce a good
>> result.
>> 
>> Read both at: http://newsroom.cisco.com/feature-content?type=webcontent&articleId=1414442
> 
> Thank you Rich, for adding that comment.  I appreciate Cisco taking
> bufferbloat seriously, but the article were a little too Cisco biased
> towards who "invented" this stuff.

I can't fault Cisco for the article - they publish what suits their purposes. At least they mentioned Bufferbloat, unlike other vendors...

There's a bit of a discussion starting up on that page.

Best,

Rich