Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P wrote:
> Thanks Pat for the initial feedback. I can post a set of patches to
> e1000 using the new API; I'll try to get them out asap (need to apply to
> this kernel tree).
Thanks.
> However, the PRIO qdisc still uses the priority in
> the bands for dequeueing priority, and will feed the queues on the NIC.
> The e1000, and any other multiqueue NIC, will schedule Tx based on how
> the PRIO qdisc feeds the queues. So the only priority here is the
> dequeuing priority from the kernel. The e1000 will use the new API for
> starting/stopping the individual queues based on the descriptors
> available, much like it does today for the global queue.
Packets will only be dequeued from a band if the associated subqueue
is active, which moves the decision from prio to the driver, no?
What policy does e1000 use for scheduling its internal queues?
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