From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 9 08:31:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA07406 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 08:31:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from verdi.nethelp.no (verdi.nethelp.no [195.1.171.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA07356 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 08:30:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sthaug@nethelp.no) From: sthaug@nethelp.no Received: (qmail 22454 invoked by uid 1001); 9 Mar 1998 16:30:21 +0000 (GMT) To: freebsd@isvara.net Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel wishlist for web server performance In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 09 Mar 1998 15:35:20 +0000" References: <35040C37.4D578C02@challenge.isvara.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 1.05+ on Emacs 19.28.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 17:30:21 +0100 Message-ID: <22452.889461021@verdi.nethelp.no> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Most (if not all) newer NICs which support DMA tranfer support > scatter/gather lists. Another nice feature is protocol cheksumming in > hardware. It's a shame all these tweaks for the internet stack aren't > being worked on (like copy avoidance, h/w checksum support), and the > list below: Actually, they *are* being worked on. I asked Craig Partridge, and I have received code fragments which do part of what he describes. I'm trying to integrate them into -current as best I can. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message