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Diffstat (limited to 'python/vyos/ifconfig/input.py')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/ifconfig/input.py b/python/vyos/ifconfig/input.py index db7d2b6b4..3e5f5790d 100644 --- a/python/vyos/ifconfig/input.py +++ b/python/vyos/ifconfig/input.py @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# Copyright 2020 VyOS maintainers and contributors <maintainers@vyos.io> +# Copyright 2023 VyOS maintainers and contributors <maintainers@vyos.io> # # This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public @@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ from vyos.ifconfig.interface import Interface @Interface.register class InputIf(Interface): + """ + The Intermediate Functional Block (ifb) pseudo network interface acts as a + QoS concentrator for multiple different sources of traffic. Packets from + or to other interfaces have to be redirected to it using the mirred action + in order to be handled, regularly routed traffic will be dropped. This way, + a single stack of qdiscs, classes and filters can be shared between + multiple interfaces. + """ + + iftype = 'ifb' definition = { **Interface.definition, **{ |