Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 10:59:43 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Ethernet entropy harvesting seriously pessimizes performance Message-ID: <200103120858.f2C8wkf88680@gratis.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <3AAC8942.DB660B2C@FreeBSD.org> ; from Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> "Mon, 12 Mar 2001 10:30:58 %2B0200." References: <3AAC8942.DB660B2C@FreeBSD.org>
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> In addition to reported earlier general machine slowdown with > interrupt harvesting is turning on, ethernet entropy harvesting > seriously hammers network performance as well. Ftping big file over my > 10M network now about 15% slower with ethernet harvesting turning on. Even with the Rijndael code and kern.random.sys.burst=$SMALLNUMBER ?? > Mark, please get slow machine (say 100MHz or slower) and test you > fu^H^Hboring harvester on it before committing anything. The whole > devrandom affair gone too far and shown exactly how things should not > be developed in FreeBSD. I've done this. M -- Mark Murray Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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