Re: Byte queue limits in Linux for wheezy / linux kernel ABI bumps

2012-08-13 Thread Bastian Blank
On Sun, Aug 05, 2012 at 07:43:50PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 10:06:48PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > A possible solution would be something like: > > 1. Keep multiple versions of udebs in the same suite (currently possible > > for arch:all, but maybe not supported for

Re: Byte queue limits in Linux for wheezy / linux kernel ABI bumps

2012-08-05 Thread Bastian Blank
On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 10:06:48PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > A possible solution would be something like: > 1. Keep multiple versions of udebs in the same suite (currently possible > for arch:all, but maybe not supported for arch-dependent packages) Breaks the expectations within d-i. This is

Re: Byte queue limits in Linux for wheezy / linux kernel ABI bumps

2012-08-04 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2012-08-04 at 14:06 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 13:53:17 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > > Now that d-i wheezy beta1 is finally out, I'll try and figure out what > > exactly breaks in d-i when the linux kernelgets its ABI bumped. Apparently > > netboot and mini

Re: Byte queue limits in Linux for wheezy / linux kernel ABI bumps

2012-08-04 Thread Julien Cristau
On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 13:53:17 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Now that d-i wheezy beta1 is finally out, I'll try and figure out what > exactly breaks in d-i when the linux kernelgets its ABI bumped. Apparently > netboot and mini.iso are concerned, but it would be nice to have that > checked, an

Byte queue limits in Linux for wheezy / linux kernel ABI bumps

2012-08-04 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi Ben, Ben Hutchings (03/08/2012): > Byte queue limits (BQL) are an important step in reducing 'bufferbloat' > and network latency on Linux. The feature was introduced in Linux 3.3 > and has had a few bug fixes since then; I think it can be considered > stable now. It requires specific support

Byte queue limits in Linux for wheezy

2012-08-02 Thread Ben Hutchings
Byte queue limits (BQL) are an important step in reducing 'bufferbloat' and network latency on Linux. The feature was introduced in Linux 3.3 and has had a few bug fixes since then; I think it can be considered stable now. It requires specific support in drivers and is then unconditionally enable