From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 16:50:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 16:50:14 -0500 Received: from web20202.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.226.57]:5517 "HELO web20202.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 16:50:12 -0500 Message-ID: <20030106215849.99128.qmail@web20202.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 13:58:49 -0800 (PST) From: Lenny G Arbage Subject: bandwidth throttling at link level To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I want to do bandwidth throttling at the link layer in a manner similar to netshaper, but am wondering if the netif_stop_queue functionality can be accessed from userspace via an ioctl or other means. That is, without writing a line of kernel-space code, is there a way to set the busy flag (tbusy) on a generic ethernet device from user space? Thanks, -Lenny __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com