Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 12:58:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it> Cc: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ipfw ipfw.8 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006081257400.9490-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200006081951.VAA05734@info.iet.unipi.it>
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On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> > What are your thoughts on just importing ALTQ? There's a 4.0-RELEASE port
> > available and so it should be quite easy to integrate, instead of
> > duplicating functionality from there.
>
> it is not plain duplication of functionality. There is some
> overlap, but it is only partial.
>
> You also have to consider ease of use for people already
> using ipfw/dummynet, and ease of implementation/testing
> for the developer (myself and kenjiro) who should do the port.
> If you look at the changes, the code to support WFQ in dummynet
> is in the order of 500 lines, many of them being comment and
> [gs]etsockopt() support.
I guess what concerns me is stuffing more and more code into ipfw, which
is already a pretty complicated and messy beast.
Kris
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