Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 22:42:40 +0200 From: Pierre Beyssac <pb@fasterix.freenix.org> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Pierre Beyssac <pb@fasterix.freenix.org> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fwd: NetBSD network code improvements Message-ID: <19980501224240.B619@fasterix.frmug.fr.net> In-Reply-To: <199805011935.MAA00654@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Fri, May 01, 1998 at 12:35:02PM -0700 References: <19980501205833.A655@fasterix.frmug.fr.net> <199805011935.MAA00654@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Fri, May 01, 1998 at 12:35:02PM -0700, Mike Smith wrote:
> I'm not sure that making it optional would be taking best advantage of
> it. If it's a standard performance-enhancing feature, we'd be best off
> adopting it as such, in line with our out-of-the-box philosophy, no?
Well, you have to use your machine as a router between fast interfaces
for it to be really useful. It's a tradeoff as usual, it eats an
additional 2Kb in the kernel. Maybe we can make it an option
activated by default then, for people wanting to save 2K on their
kernel...
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Pierre Beyssac pb@fasterix.frmug.org pb@fasterix.freenix.org
{Free,Net,Open}BSD, Linux : il y a moins bien, mais c'est plus cher
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