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21.12.07 @ 00:38 Julian Elischer wrote:

>>  As I know, we have a single swi:net thread in the kernel yet. Are  
>> there any plans to make several such threads? If yes, this activity  
>> isn't mentioned in wiki.
>> There are 2 ideas:
>> 1. per-core thread
>> 2. per-interface thread
>> I like the second more.
>
> and for my system with 64 virtual interfaces?

Surely, per-core thread is enough - why have too much synchronization  
overhead?..

A computer is a state machine. Threads are for people who can't program  
state machines. (c) Alan Cox

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WBR, Vadim Goncharov