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To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
Subject: Re: lots of network interfaces
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Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> writes:

>>> very usable at that point, ifconfig aside).
>>
>> The interfaces are a linked list, plus there's a separate kernel dive
>> for each interface.  The list (as opposed to individual interfaces) is
>
> i don't care how fast ifconfig displays them, just for how fast things
> like routing or ipfw rule like "via tun196" would work.
>
> if it is hashed somehow - fine.
> if not - very bad.

Not an issue, as I explained in a part of the message that you clipped out.