On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 19:01:05 +0200 Phil Sutter <p...@nwl.cc> wrote: > Up to now, drivers being aware of the above applying to them set > dev->tx_queue_len to zero to indicate no qdisc should be attached to the > interface they drive and the kernel reacts upon this by assigning the noop > qdisc instead of the default pfifo_fast. This implicit agreement though leads > to an inconvenient situation once a user tries to attach a real qdisc to these > devices, as the formerly special tx_queue_len value becomes a regular one,
So this is a workaround for user ignorance by introducing kernel API complexity. Before user sets qdisc, why don't they set tx queue length? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
