[ALTQ/FreeBSD] Re: Status request or is anybody out there?

[Adrian Penisoara <ady@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On Fri, 2 May 2003, Max Laier wrote:

> Hello,
>
> a while ago Pyun and I sent in a report about a problem with fxp based cards
> and the altq-package, but didn't receive any response from your side till
> today (about a month later). So I was wondering if there is any active

  One member of the list confirmed that the patch worked for him. I will
incorporate the fix into the sys patches for 4.8-RELEASE and the next
package for 5.0-CURRENT.

> development on the altq integration going on. Most of the work is scheduled
> in the past etc. ...
>
> If one can just tell me if there is active development or if there are still
> plans to get altq into the tree, that would be very nice.

 Yes, our primary goal is to see ALTQ in FreeBSD 5.x (maybe 5.1).

> I am very interested in altq-support and willing to put in some efforts of
> my own, but would hate it to step on someones toes and do the same work
> again, so please let me know if you are activly working on it.

  Unfortunately progress was very slow since last summer due to the
missing support/human resources and my busy schedule (which got a bit
busier since last year). Hopefully this (academic) vacation I will be
able to allocate more time to the project.

  In the mean time my immediate goal is releasing another 5.0-current
ALTQ package and proposing the first set of patches to the FreeBSD HEAD
(aka 5-current) branch. That will probably invole building Perforce
patches, a task that I'm not so sure how to do it right now.

  Perhaps you guys could look over the sources of both the PF port and
ALTQ/FreeBSD projects and evidentiate the essential changes needed to
make the PF port work with ALQ/FreeBSD. I know that the OpenBSD people
claimed to make extensive changes to the original ALTQ sources (from
KAME ?) to be able to interract with PF.

PS: Testing of the ALTQ-patched bridging code would be of great value. I
    did not have the chance to test it yet.

 Adrian Penisoara
 Ady (@freebsd.ady.ro)
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