[altq 966] Re: Testing of ALTQ-enabled device drivers!!!

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

Mohana Krishna Penumetcha wrote:
> i have changed a driver for ALTQ support. The changes conform to the
> guidelines given in the ALTQ framework document. Now i want to test the
> driver.
> 
> One way i can do is configure any QoS policy and test it. Correct
> working of the policy implementation also implies correctness of driver
> code.
> 
> but before starting with this, i would like to know if this is o.k.
> or there is a way we can test the driver in isolation(i.e. without
> configuring any QoS polocy).

We don't have a tool to test a driver in isolation even for normal
(non-ALTQ) drivers.  Since the ALTQ support is discipline independent,
if a driver works with a simple ALTQ configuration, it should be OK.

-Kenjiro