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ALTQ(4)               DragonFly Kernel Interfaces Manual               ALTQ(4)

NAME
     ALTQ -- alternate queuing of network packets

SYNOPSIS
     options ALTQ

     options ALTQ_CBQ
     options ALTQ_RED
     options ALTQ_RIO
     options ALTQ_HFSC
     options ALTQ_PRIQ
     options ALTQ_FAIRQ
     options ALTQ_NOPCC
     options ALTQ_DEBUG

DESCRIPTION
     The ALTQ framework provides several disciplines for queuing outgoing net-
     work packets.  This is done by modifications to the interface packet
     queues.  See altq(9) for details.

     The user interface for ALTQ is implemented by the pfctl(8) utility, so
     please refer to the pfctl(8) and the pf.conf(5) manpages for a complete
     description of the ALTQ capabilities and how to use it.

   Kernel Options
     The following options in the kernel configuration file are related to
     ALTQ operation:

     ALTQ        Enable ALTQ.
     ALTQ_CBQ    Build the ``Class Based Queuing'' discipline.
     ALTQ_RED    Build the ``Random Early Detection'' extension.
     ALTQ_RIO    Build ``Random Early Drop'' for input and output.
     ALTQ_HFSC   Build the ``Hierarchical Packet Scheduler'' discipline.
     ALTQ_PRIQ   Build the ``Priority Queuing'' discipline.
     ALTQ_FAIRQ  Build the ``Fair Queuing'' discipline.
     ALTQ_NOPCC  Required if the TSC is unusable.
     ALTQ_DEBUG  Enable additional debugging facilities.

     Note that ALTQ-disciplines cannot be loaded as kernel modules.  In order
     to use a certain discipline you have to build it into a custom kernel.
     The pf(4) interface, that is required for the configuration process of
     ALTQ can be loaded as a module.

SEE ALSO
     pf(4), pf.conf(5), ipfw(8), pfctl(8), altq(9)

DragonFly 3.5                    April 6, 2008                   DragonFly 3.5