Re: Packet Scheduling

linux kernel account (linker@nightshade.z.ml.org)
Mon, 26 Jan 1998 23:10:32 -0500 (EST)


Actually I LIKE the mathmatical descriptions.. Before the current code I
never had any idea how it worked..

There does however, need to be a howto.. :)

On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Kevin Lentin wrote:

> ANyone know any details about the packet scheduling code? There are about a
> dozen deifferent algorithms, none documented except for very ugly
> mathematical descriptions.
>
> What I'm after is to find out whether I can make ppp send small packets
> before big ones. Or even specific sessions (although I don't expect that).
> What I want is for interactive telnet sessions to be responsive while an
> ftp or http request is being processed. Under term, packets were
> prioritised based on client. I'm expecting you can't do that in tcp but
> size should be a good approximation.
>
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