Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:28:59 -0700 From: Kip Macy <kmacy@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flowtables -- any tuning hints? Message-ID: <3c1674c90907131228l22d8f2efnd0bebee1f356ebb3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <837660.83798.qm@web63903.mail.re1.yahoo.com> References: <837660.83798.qm@web63903.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
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I'm only responding to avoid the misconception that Barney's statements are correct. Barney - please read the code so that you understand what it actually does before commenting further. Thanks, Kip > > I don't see the need for flowtables or any sort of hashing with > multi queue boards in a pass-through environment (such as a firewall). > The flows are already hashed by the hardware so doing all of the > gobbledygook in flowtables seems like a waste of cycles. Just matching > your receive and transmit queues in a properly designed driver is all > thats necessary for lock avoidance. > > Barney > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. Edmund Burke
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