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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/shaper.txt b/Documentation/networking/shaper.txt index 53ff5aeff..1be0db8c0 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/shaper.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/shaper.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Traffic Shaper For Linux -This is the current ALPHA release of the traffic shaper for Linux. It works +This is the current BETA release of the traffic shaper for Linux. It works within the following limits: o Minimum shaping speed is currently about 9600 baud (it can only @@ -37,13 +37,12 @@ and will treat it as such unless patched. Note that for mrouted you can run mrouted tunnels via a traffic shaper to control bandwidth usage. The shaper is device/route based. This makes it very easy to use -with any setup BUT less flexible. You may well want to combine this patch -with Mike McLagan <mmclagan@linux.org>'s patch to allow routes to be -specified by source/destination pairs. +with any setup BUT less flexible. You may need to use iproute2 to set up +multiple route tables to get the flexibility. There is no "borrowing" or "sharing" scheme. This is a simple -traffic limiter. I'd like to implement Van Jacobson and Sally Floyd's CBQ -architecture into Linux one day (maybe in 2.1 sometime) and do this with -style. +traffic limiter. We implement Van Jacobson and Sally Floyd's CBQ +architecture into Linux 2.2. THis is the preferred solution. Shaper is +for simple or back compatible setups. Alan |