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Date:      Wed, 5 Mar 1997 08:28:06 -0500
From:      "David S. Miller" <davem@jenolan.rutgers.edu>
To:        avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au
Cc:        mingo@pc5829.hil.siemens.at, wong@rogerswave.ca, alan@cymru.net, imb@scgt.oz.au, dg@root.com, netdev@roxanne.nuclecu.unam.mx, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ok, final sockhash changes, new diff
Message-ID:  <199703051328.IAA14097@jenolan.caipgeneral>
In-Reply-To: <199703051326.IAA27175@caipfs.rutgers.edu> (message from Darren Reed on Thu, 6 Mar 1997 00:24:04 %2B1100 (EDT))

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   From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
   Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 00:24:04 +1100 (EDT)

   > [the hash table should be kept compressed to avoid cache pollution]

   Why can't it "autoconfigure" according to the size of your RAM ?

   i.e. more RAM => bigger server => more users/network connections

Extra silly cycles in the critical code path.

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