Re: [Devil-linux-develop] IFB versus IMQ

[Serge L. <fi...@in...>]

Bruce Smith wrote:
>> IMQ keeps being a pain when we want to upgrade to a newer kernel.
>> Did anybody play with IFB yet? It's part of the vanilla kernel.
>>
>> http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Net:IFB
> 
> Do they both do the same thing?  (I haven't used either)
approximately yes. I'd say what imq is designed for usage together with
iptables, but ifb - with tc.

> 
> Is IFB available in the latest DL 1.3 now, in case I want to try it?
Yes, you can. I tried to create a shaper with IFB some time ago. Probably I'm
too stupid but after a day of attempts to do it I gave it up and  I made it with
imq within couples of hours.

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