From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 9 15:22:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA27338 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 15:22:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from isvara.net (root@[130.88.148.77]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA27249 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 15:21:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@challenge.isvara.net) Received: from challenge.isvara.net ([130.88.66.5]) by isvara.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA03833; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 23:21:05 GMT Message-ID: <3504793C.10FF30A0@challenge.isvara.net> Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 23:20:28 +0000 From: freebsd@isvara.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: sthaug@nethelp.no, FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: kernel wishlist for web server performance References: <35040C37.4D578C02@challenge.isvara.net> <22452.889461021@verdi.nethelp.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: > > 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. Opps. I didn't consider my statement very well. This is excellent work, andis a boon for any FreeBSD user. These are *real nice* improvements. I am eagerly awaiting commits. Yeah. Keep us informed of any progress/changes, etc. That would be great. > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no Cheers, Dan _____________________________________ Daniel J Blueman BSc Computation, UMIST, Manchester Email: blue@challenge.isvara.net Web: http://www.challenge.isvara.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message