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[iproute] man: tc.8: mention Fair Queue scheduler

Message ID 1441806068-14585-1-git-send-email-phil@nwl.cc
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: stephen hemminger
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Phil Sutter Sept. 9, 2015, 1:41 p.m. UTC
This is rather a placeholder to let users know fq exists at all.

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
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 man/man8/tc.8 | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

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stephen hemminger Sept. 21, 2015, 9:30 p.m. UTC | #1
On Wed,  9 Sep 2015 15:41:08 +0200
Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> wrote:

> This is rather a placeholder to let users know fq exists at all.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
> ---
>  man/man8/tc.8 | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/man/man8/tc.8 b/man/man8/tc.8
> index feafa05..0081625 100644
> --- a/man/man8/tc.8
> +++ b/man/man8/tc.8
> @@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ The classless qdiscs are:
>  Simplest usable qdisc, pure First In, First Out behaviour. Limited in
>  packets or in bytes.
>  .TP
> +fq
> +Fair Queue Scheduler realises TCP pacing and scales to millions of concurrent
> +flows per qdisc.
> +.TP
>  pfifo_fast
>  Standard qdisc for 'Advanced Router' enabled kernels. Consists of a three-band
>  queue which honors Type of Service flags, as well as the priority that may be

Why just fq?
Why not mention all of the others like codel and fq_codel?
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stephen hemminger Sept. 23, 2015, 11:03 p.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 14:18:47 +0000
Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> wrote:

> Some qdiscs still lack a manpage, so listing them here is the only way
> for a user to get to know them. For the others, this serves as an
> overview of what is there.
> 
> Content was taken over from the dedicated manpage if available and
> suitable, so there is definitely room for improvement at least by
> adjusting it more to the context in which it is now. In case there
> wasn't appropriate wording available, I tried to identify key aspects of
> the given qdisc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>

Applied, and also other documentation patches

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diff --git a/man/man8/tc.8 b/man/man8/tc.8
index feafa05..0081625 100644
--- a/man/man8/tc.8
+++ b/man/man8/tc.8
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@  The classless qdiscs are:
 Simplest usable qdisc, pure First In, First Out behaviour. Limited in
 packets or in bytes.
 .TP
+fq
+Fair Queue Scheduler realises TCP pacing and scales to millions of concurrent
+flows per qdisc.
+.TP
 pfifo_fast
 Standard qdisc for 'Advanced Router' enabled kernels. Consists of a three-band
 queue which honors Type of Service flags, as well as the priority that may be