From a6f1444804bdeb5c85cc3bd80ea57f58cdd39309 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oleg Bulyzhin Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:49:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] - 'burst' description rewritten. Submitted by: Ben Kaduk Approved by: re (kib) --- sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 index 0299d68f2480..0d0866521f5b 100644 --- a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 +++ b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 @@ -1944,13 +1944,18 @@ the granularity to 1ms or less). The default value is 0, meaning no delay. .Pp .It Cm burst Ar size -If the data rate exceeds the pipe bandwith limit -(and pipe was idle long enough), +If the data to be sent exceeds the pipe's bandwidth limit +(and the pipe was previously idle), up to .Ar size -bytes of data is allowed to bypass the +bytes of data are allowed to bypass the .Nm dummynet -scheduler (i.e. it will be sent without shaping), then transmission rate -will not exceed pipe bandwidth. Effective burst size calculated as follows: +scheduler, and will be sent as fast as the physical link allows. +Any additional data will be transmitted at the rate specified +by the +.Nm pipe +bandwidth. +The burst size depends on how long the pipe has been idle; +the effective burst size is calculated as follows: MAX( .Ar size ,