From owner-freebsd-net Fri May 1 13:46:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA19042 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Fri, 1 May 1998 13:46:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from frmug.org (frmug-gw.frmug.org [193.56.58.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA18986 for ; Fri, 1 May 1998 13:46:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pb@fasterix.frmug.org) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by frmug.org (8.9.0.Beta7/frmug-2.3/nospam) with UUCP id WAA08731; Fri, 1 May 1998 22:42:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from pb@fasterix.frmug.org) Received: (from pb@localhost) by fasterix.frmug.org (8.8.8/8.8.5/pb-19970302) id WAA03751; Fri, 1 May 1998 22:42:40 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19980501224240.B619@fasterix.frmug.fr.net> Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 22:42:40 +0200 From: Pierre Beyssac To: Mike Smith , Pierre Beyssac Cc: Garrett Wollman , freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fwd: NetBSD network code improvements References: <19980501205833.A655@fasterix.frmug.fr.net> <199805011935.MAA00654@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.92.2 In-Reply-To: <199805011935.MAA00654@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Fri, May 01, 1998 at 12:35:02PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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... -- 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 Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message