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+.TH MQPRIO 8 "24 Sept 2013" "iproute2" "Linux"
+.SH NAME
+MQPRIO \- Multiqueue Priority Qdisc (Offloaded Hardware QOS)
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B tc qdisc ... dev
+dev
+.B  ( parent
+classid
+.B | root) [ handle
+major:
+.B ] mqprio [ num_tc
+tcs
+.B ] [ map
+P0 P1 P2...
+.B ] [ queues
+count1@offset1 count2@offset2 ...
+.B ] [ hw
+1|0
+.B ] [ mode
+dcb|channel]
+.B ] [ shaper
+dcb|
+.B [ bw_rlimit
+.B min_rate
+min_rate1 min_rate2 ...
+.B max_rate
+max_rate1 max_rate2 ...
+.B ]]
+
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The MQPRIO qdisc is a simple queuing discipline that allows mapping
+traffic flows to hardware queue ranges using priorities and a configurable
+priority to traffic class mapping. A traffic class in this context is
+a set of contiguous qdisc classes which map 1:1 to a set of hardware
+exposed queues.
+
+By default the qdisc allocates a pfifo qdisc (packet limited first in, first
+out queue) per TX queue exposed by the lower layer device. Other queuing
+disciplines may be added subsequently. Packets are enqueued using the
+.B map
+parameter and hashed across the indicated queues in the
+.B offset
+and
+.B count.
+By default these parameters are configured by the hardware
+driver to match the hardware QOS structures.
+
+.B Channel
+mode supports full offload of the mqprio options, the traffic classes, the queue
+configurations and QOS attributes to the hardware. Enabled hardware can provide
+hardware QOS with the ability to steer traffic flows to designated traffic
+classes provided by this qdisc. Hardware based QOS is configured using the
+.B shaper
+parameter.
+.B bw_rlimit
+with minimum and maximum bandwidth rates can be used for setting
+transmission rates on each traffic class. Also further qdiscs may be added
+to the classes of MQPRIO to create more complex configurations.
+
+.SH ALGORITHM
+On creation with 'tc qdisc add', eight traffic classes are created mapping
+priorities 0..7 to traffic classes 0..7 and priorities greater than 7 to
+traffic class 0. This requires base driver support and the creation will
+fail on devices that do not support hardware QOS schemes.
+
+These defaults can be overridden using the qdisc parameters. Providing
+the 'hw 0' flag allows software to run without hardware coordination.
+
+If hardware coordination is being used and arguments are provided that
+the hardware can not support then an error is returned. For many users
+hardware defaults should work reasonably well.
+
+As one specific example numerous Ethernet cards support the 802.1Q
+link strict priority transmission selection algorithm (TSA). MQPRIO
+enabled hardware in conjunction with the classification methods below
+can provide hardware offloaded support for this TSA.
+
+.SH CLASSIFICATION
+Multiple methods are available to set the SKB priority which MQPRIO
+uses to select which traffic class to enqueue the packet.
+.TP
+From user space
+A process with sufficient privileges can encode the destination class
+directly with SO_PRIORITY, see
+.BR socket(7).
+.TP
+with iptables/nftables
+An iptables/nftables rule can be created to match traffic flows and
+set the priority.
+.BR iptables(8)
+.TP
+with net_prio cgroups
+The net_prio cgroup can be used to set the priority of all sockets
+belong to an application. See kernel and cgroup documentation for details.
+
+.SH QDISC PARAMETERS
+.TP
+num_tc
+Number of traffic classes to use. Up to 16 classes supported.
+
+.TP
+map
+The priority to traffic class map. Maps priorities 0..15 to a specified
+traffic class.
+
+.TP
+queues
+Provide count and offset of queue range for each traffic class. In the
+format,
+.B count@offset.
+Queue ranges for each traffic classes cannot overlap and must be a
+contiguous range of queues.
+
+.TP
+hw
+Set to
+.B 1
+to support hardware offload. Set to
+.B 0
+to configure user specified values in software only.
+
+.TP
+mode
+Set to
+.B channel
+for full use of the mqprio options. Use
+.B dcb
+to offload only TC values and use hardware QOS defaults. Supported with 'hw'
+set to 1 only.
+
+.TP
+shaper
+Use
+.B bw_rlimit
+to set bandwidth rate limits for a traffic class. Use
+.B dcb
+for hardware QOS defaults. Supported with 'hw' set to 1 only.
+
+.TP
+min_rate
+Minimum value of bandwidth rate limit for a traffic class.
+
+.TP
+max_rate
+Maximum value of bandwidth rate limit for a traffic class.
+
+
+.SH AUTHORS
+John Fastabend, <john.r.fastabend@intel.com>