Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 00:24:27 -0500 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@mu.org> To: raviprasad20@netscape.net Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Free BSD network buffers Message-ID: <20010516002427.P37979@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <4F2A777A.3AABE4DC.9513E96F@netscape.net>; from raviprasad20@netscape.net on Wed, May 16, 2001 at 01:17:44AM -0400 References: <4F2A777A.3AABE4DC.9513E96F@netscape.net>
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On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 01:17:44AM -0400, raviprasad20@netscape.net wrote:
> My doubt is whether mbuf's along with clusters will be used for large data sizes like 65536 bytes?
No, for data that big we use vnodes. That way we can swap out in times of low
memory. To really take advantage of this, use softupdates so the meta-data
operations on the network buffers can be scheduled async.
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ps. hi alfred.
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