Amit, Check out the function dev_queue_xmit in net/core/dev.c. If there isn't a queuing discipline attatched to a network device, the packets are not queued anywhere, but sent to the device directly. Regards, -Varun On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 11:18:26PM -0500, Amit Kucheria spoke out thus: > Hi, > > Where are packets queued for a network device? > > I see 3 members in 'struct device' called qdisc, qdisc_sleeping & > qdisc_list which are initialized to noop_qdisc, noop_qdisc and NULL > respectively when calling register_netdevice(). > > So how & where are incoming/outgoing packets queued then? > > TIA. > ciao, > Amit > -- > I'm an angel!!! Honest! > The horns are just there to hold the halo up straight. > ^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^ > Amit Kucheria > EECS Grad. Research Assistant > University of Kansas @ Lawrence > (R)+1-(785)-830 8521 ||| (O)+1-(785)-864 7774 > ____________________________________________________ > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ -- --------------------------------------- Mindframe Software & Services Pvt. Ltd. http://www.mindsw.com --------------------------------------- -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
