> My first question is whether a command exists that provides info > about the backlog. > > My second question is whether a system call exists that provides this > info. I would like to be able to query on the backlog at real time > and invoking the shell on each such query sounds like a lot of overhead. If you can compile a modified kernel, you can have real time access to the red qdisc backlog by using the soft at http://www.rawsoft.org I also think that real time info on the queues are very important and should be accessible in an easier way. _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/