From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 13:01:10 -0700
> Just because they want to standardize, and put it in hardware doesn't > mean it is a good idea and Linux needs to support it! > > Why is it better for hardware to make the "next packet to send" decision? > For wired ethernet, I can't see how adding the complexity of fixed number > of small queues is a gain. Better to just do the priority decision in software > and then queue it to the hardware. This seems like the old Token Ring > and MAP/TOP style crap crammed on top of Ethernet. I suspect perhaps the real impetus behind this facility is not being disclosed. It certainly is not going to be faster to do this in hardware. I myself don't see why in the world one would want to do this in hardware either. Software can do the selection fast enough and with tons more flexibility. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
