On Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:59:34 +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote: > Adding a time limit is possible, all we need is a proper design and > implementation :) > > Here is my suggestion : > > Design a new tfifo/tred qdisc, with following properties : > > Adaptative RED, (ECN enabled + head drop), but instead of using > bytes/packet qlen average, use time_in_queue average. Question one: is anything wrong with sfb or choke as the basis, instead of RED? Question two: I submitted pfast_head_drop to drop more outdated data instead of new data. Back in time I thought TCP _may_ experience benefits because more up-to-date SACK data packets are saved. Are there any other TCP advantages with head drop policy? Hagen -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
