[altq 781] Re: queue length is per class?

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

Lars Eggert wrote:
> it looks like the queue length limit (for priq, maybe others) is applied
> per-class, not per queue. Each queue can hold (number of classes) * (queue
> limit) packets. This means that adding/deleting classes changes the total
> queue length limit.
> 
> Is this by design or an aritfact of the implementation?

By design.  It isn't a good idea that adding/deleting classes affests
the parameters of other classes.

Having said that, if you are thinking about hardware implementation,
some limit might exist for the total buffer size that can be used
AT ONE TIME.  But it's a different story.

-Kenjiro