[altq 798] Re: altq on freebsd + kom rsvp

[Kenjiro Cho <kjc@csl.sony.co.jp>]

Koster, R.P. wrote:
> > KOM RSVP uses the lower level (syscall-level) API to cntrol ALTQ.
> > The function to list filters is implemented in libaltq and requires
> > the upper level API.
> > So, there's no easy way to list filters when using KOM RSVP.
> 
> So not running altqd invalidates the results returned by altqstat? (I mean
> the amount of traffic getting into the separate classes.) 

The class statistics are obtained from the kernel and they are valid.
But some other information (e.g., class name, filter spec) is kept in
the library and obtained from there.

> Is there any way to check if ALTQ is working? I believe the filters are
> there, but I've to check if they are being used.

You might want to use "gdb" to see what filter parameters are passed
from KOM-RSVP to ALTQ.
Note that addresses and port numbers are held in the network byte order.

-Kenjiro