Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 14:43:16 -0600 (MDT) From: Glenn Chisholm <glenn@ircache.net> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Cc: "Ronald G. Minnich" <rminnich@lanl.gov>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: profile of tcp Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910221439120.9037-100000@abalaea.ircache.net> In-Reply-To: <199910221831.TAA02285@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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> Also there is the usual lack of flexibility in having things done > in hw/microcode vs. software. > > And finally, i think having the proto in the NIC may be useful for maybe > a router or a box doing traffic switching, but for things like a > web server or a cache you also have to look at optimizing the > datapath between disk and the NIC. > There is however some validity in implimenting particular aspects on the NIC. Specifically the TCP checksum off loading that a number of gigabit NIC's have in silicon. glenn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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