On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:21:36 +0200
Lucas Nussbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 10:50:41AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:06:45 +0200
> > Lucas Nussbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I'm interested in doing more complex stuff on inbound packets than
> > > what is currently possible with ing_filter (I understand ingress
> > > doesn't allow child classes , and can only drop/pass packets, not
> > > store one to send it later).
> > > 
> > > While this is understandable because it would conflict with the
> > > benefits of NAPI by queueing and dropping packets much later, it
> > > prevents me from using Linux instead of FreeBSD's Dummynet (I'm
> > > working on network emulation-related stuff).
> > >
> > Why not just fix netem to work on imq?
> 
> I might look at that. What's the problem with netem & imq ?
> 
> Also, I'm not sure I understand the difference between the "redirect
> to imq" and the "redirect to dummy" approaches.

I haven't tried it. There might be issues with scheduling assumptions
and/or used of skb->cb[] but it should be solvable without too much
work.
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