Subject: Re: output priorities/TOS
To: None <erh@netbsd.org>
From: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
List: tech-net
Date: 11/10/1999 11:00:29
>>>>> "erh" == erh  <erh@nimenees.com> writes:
    erh> particular mbuf can figure out it's priority.  Flags to add:
    erh> M_TOS_LOWDELAY M_TOS_THROUGHPUT M_TOS_RELIABILITY M_TOS_LOWCOST
    erh> Corresponding to the IP tos flags.  Also add these to M_COPYFLAGS.

    erh> Comments?

  Don't write new code that calls it the "TOS" field. 

  It should be an index into a table of Per-Hop Behaviour (PHB)s. The mapping
for a particular packet's DSCP field to PHB should be sysctl'able.

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