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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2015-04-11 22:27:19 -0400
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2015-04-11 22:27:19 -0400
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@@ -421,6 +421,15 @@ best CPUs to share a given queue are probably those that share the cache
with the CPU that processes transmit completions for that queue
(transmit interrupts).
+Per TX Queue rate limitation:
+=============================
+
+These are rate-limitation mechanisms implemented by HW, where currently
+a max-rate attribute is supported, by setting a Mbps value to
+
+/sys/class/net/<dev>/queues/tx-<n>/tx_maxrate
+
+A value of zero means disabled, and this is the default.
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