[3495] in linux-net channel archive
Re: shaper or whatever
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dennis)
Tue Jun 25 17:48:34 1996
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 10:58:55 -0400
To: Alan Cox <alan@cymru.net>
From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
>> No...it has to do with the fact that every time you touch something you
>> risk breaking it (if only accidentally). The more things that you touch the
>> more problems that can occur. Once things work its nice to not have to
>> touch them, thats all.
>
>Thats why keeping the kernel very modular is critical. The prototype traffic
>shaper needs no changes to the main kernel. You can just load the module and
>go. It also makes no device driver changes.
Ok, i misunderstood. Thats the way it SHOULD be.
Dennis
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