Re: pfifo_fast priomap

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On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 18:35 +0200, Roel van Meer wrote: 
> Hi list,
> 
> I have a quick question about the priority mapping of tos bits. The manpage 
> of tc-prio shows a nice table with tos bits and the band they
> are mapped to:
> 
> TOS     Bits  Means                    Linux Priority    Band
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 0x0     0     Normal Service           0 Best Effort     1
> 0x2     1     Minimize Monetary Cost   1 Filler          2
> 0x4     2     Maximize Reliability     0 Best Effort     1
> 0x6     3     mmc+mr                   0 Best Effort     1
> 0x8     4     Maximize Throughput      2 Bulk            2
> 0xa     5     mmc+mt                   2 Bulk            2
> 0xc     6     mr+mt                    2 Bulk            2
> 0xe     7     mmc+mr+mt                2 Bulk            2
> 0x10    8     Minimize Delay           6 Interactive     0
> 0x12    9     mmc+md                   6 Interactive     0
> 0x14    10    mr+md                    6 Interactive     0
> 0x16    11    mmc+mr+md                6 Interactive     0
> 0x18    12    mt+md                    4 Int. Bulk       1
> 0x1a    13    mmc+mt+md                4 Int. Bulk       1
> 0x1c    14    mr+mt+md                 4 Int. Bulk       1
> 0x1e    15    mmc+mr+mt+md             4 Int. Bulk       1
> 
> If I read this correctly, packets with tos 0x0 would be mapped to band 1, 
> packets with tos 0x2 would be mapped to band 2, etc etc. However, the 
> default priomap is  1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1.
> 
> These numbers do not correspond to the numbers in the table above. Is there 
> something I have overlooked or is the information in the above table 
> incorrect?

The table is incorrect.  If you have the kernel source 
handy look at:
  net/ipv4.c/route.c:173, and
  include/linux/pkt_sched.h:17

Alternatively, look here:
  http://www.stuart.id.au/russell/files/tc/doc/tc/priority.txt
  http://www.stuart.id.au/russell/files/tc/doc/tc/sch_prio.txt

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