The purpose of this driver is to provide a device that allows
for sharing of resources:
1) qdiscs/policies that are per device as opposed to system wide.
ifb allows for a device which can be redirected to thus providing
an impression of sharing.
2) Allows for queueing incoming traffic for shaping instead of
dropping.
The original concept is based on what is known as the IMQ
driver initially written by Martin Devera, later rewritten
by Patrick McHardy and then maintained by Andre Correa.
You need the tc action mirror or redirect to feed this device
packets.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.