NAME

       ALTQ — alternate queuing of network packets

SYNOPSIS

       options ALTQ

       options ALTQ_CBQ
       options ALTQ_RED
       options ALTQ_RIO
       options ALTQ_HFSC
       options ALTQ_CDNR
       options ALTQ_PRIQ

DESCRIPTION

       The  ALTQ  framework  provides several disciplines for queuing outgoing network packets.  This is done by
       modifications to the interface packet queues.  See altq(9) for details.

       The user interface for ALTQ is implemented by the pfctl(8) utility, so please refer to the  pfctl(8)  and
       the pf.conf(5) manpages for a complete description of the ALTQ capabilities and how to use it.

   Kernel Options
       The following options in the kernel configuration file are related to ALTQ operation:

       ALTQ        Enable ALTQ.
       ALTQ_CBQ    Build the “Class Based Queuing” discipline.
       ALTQ_RED    Build the “Random Early Detection” extension.
       ALTQ_RIO    Build “Random Early Drop” for input and output.
       ALTQ_HFSC   Build the “Hierarchical Packet Scheduler” discipline.
       ALTQ_CDNR   Build  the  traffic conditioner.  This option is meaningless at the moment as the conditioner
                   is not used by any of the available disciplines or consumers.
       ALTQ_PRIQ   Build the “Priority Queuing” discipline.
       ALTQ_NOPCC  Required if the TSC is unusable.
       ALTQ_DEBUG  Enable additional debugging facilities.

       Note that ALTQ-disciplines cannot be loaded as kernel modules.  In order to use a certain discipline  you
       have  to  build  it  into  a  custom kernel.  The pf(4) interface, that is required for the configuration
       process of ALTQ can be loaded as a module.

SUPPORTED DEVICES

       The driver modifications described in altq(9) are required to use a certain network card with ALTQ.  They
       have been applied to the following hardware  drivers:  ae(4),  age(4),  alc(4),  ale(4),  an(4),  ath(4),
       aue(4),  axe(4),  bce(4),  bfe(4), bge(4), cas(4), cxgbe(4), dc(4), de(4), ed(4), em(4), ep(4), epair(4),
       et(4), fxp(4), gem(4), hme(4), igb(4), ipw(4), iwi(4), ixgbe(4), jme(4), le(4), msk(4),  mxge(4),  my(4),
       nfe(4),  nge(4),  npe(4),  nve(4),  qlxgb(4), ral(4), re(4), rl(4), rum(4), sf(4), sge(4), sis(4), sk(4),
       ste(4), stge(4), ti(4), txp(4), udav(4), ural(4), vge(4), vr(4), vte(4), wi(4), and xl(4).

       The ndis(4) framework also has support for ALTQ and thus all encapsulated drivers.

       The tun(4) and ng_iface(4) pseudo drivers also do support ALTQ.

SEE ALSO

       pf(4), pf.conf(5), ipfw(8), pfctl(8), altq(9)

Debian                                          December 9, 2011                                         ALTQ(4)