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Subject: Re: Freebsd IP Forwarding performance (question, and some info)
 [7-stable, current, em, smp]
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On Mon, 7 Jul 2008, Robert Watson wrote:

> The last of these should really be quite a bit faster than the first of 
> these, but I'd be interested in seeing specific measurements for each if 
> that's possible!

And, if you're feeling particualrly subject to suggestion, you might consider 
comparing 7.0 recent 8.x along the same dimensions :-).

Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge