Ensel Sharon wrote: > I see in the dummynet man page: > > Generally, the following options are required: > > options IPFIREWALL > options DUMMYNET > options HZ=1000 # strongly recommended > > But all of the NOTES and other documentation only mention setting the HZ > value in conjunction with DEVICE_POLLING. > > The man page for dummynet is dated October 2002. > > So the question is: circa 6.1, does it matter anymore to set an HZ value > if you aren't using DEVICE_POLLING ? > > If so, why ? I understand the benefit when used with DEVICE_POLLING, but > not for dummynet ...
Every HZ (or divisor?) the dummynet pipes/queues are reprocessed and recalculated to see whether a packet should leave the dummynet pipes/queues. -- Sten Daniel Sørsdal _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ipfw To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
