Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 07:59:21 -0700 From: hiren panchasara <hiren@strugglingcoder.info> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: Jonathan Looney <jonlooney@gmail.com>, Randall Stewart <rrs@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r332770 - in head/sys: conf netinet netinet/tcp_stacks sys Message-ID: <20180502145921.GA34324@strugglingcoder.info> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfpM8iFO5T79_mHzaTGPZsg=4YkUhctKQdHxXMxNGiqjEw@mail.gmail.com> References: <201804191338.w3JDc0to002106@repo.freebsd.org> <20180430071646.GE3653@strugglingcoder.info> <CADrOrmuVuSV2y3DRVxDfD7xT46rMkcEj19X1MQhSwVa%2BSZs6ng@mail.gmail.com> <CANCZdfpM8iFO5T79_mHzaTGPZsg=4YkUhctKQdHxXMxNGiqjEw@mail.gmail.com>
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--Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 05/01/18 at 05:11P, Warner Losh wrote: > On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 5:00 PM, Jonathan Looney <jonlooney@gmail.com> wro= te: >=20 > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 3:16 AM, hiren panchasara < > > hiren@strugglingcoder.info> wrote: > > > > > > In my understanding, default stack currently cannot use this mechanis= m. > > When do > > > you think that'll be possible? > > > > > > I think I can speak to Randall's plans for this. Thank you! > > > > Randall chose not to include in this commit the hooks for the default > > stack to use the high-precision timers. I believe his immediate priorit= ies > > are upstreaming RACK and BBR. After that, if there is demand, he may > > upstream the (relatively untested) code that allows the default stack to > > use the high-precision timers (protected by a non-default kernel option= ) so > > others can choose to experiment with it. I believe it'd be useful to be able to pace packets with the traditional stack. > > > > (By the way, we're hoping to change the terminology away from describing > > the traditional FreeBSD stack as the "default" stack. In theory, someone > > can make any stack be their local default. We'll need to figure out wha= t to > > actually call it at some point. My suggestion was the "FreeBSD" stack, > > although that is lacking in some imagination. In any case, we should ha= ve > > that discussion at some point in the future. > > >=20 > Only slightly less poor would be "traditional" stack :) See, I've already started using this name. :-) Cheers, Hiren --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQF8BAABCgBmBQJa6dJDXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXRBNEUyMEZBMUQ4Nzg4RjNGMTdFNjZGMDI4 QjkyNTBFMTU2M0VERkU1AAoJEIuSUOFWPt/lTw4H/ijeuuQjOst10aXhXbH/INFS n/h7XZDJCiJRY+YQ55XfBZ7hB+b1zbytwnknjwCTMwVvTX5aacXC3lrjjSVVzyhq fCOvgFpGrzQpt+uraGZyczREVGLnuYnw7rCKCUn9bKc6TkG4ghDbog8UwIaq9MNc uCVZTzsvr8M+ufrQwA+12HvoeHeC1dd90PNXA63vQJDZ8gSvjRidqJwJMPINTu8D jkhY/8/461F0DuPux1ASLvd3vZQk+XSwgd7mNTFjkUaAhDFBvW3UCLWbXp8ZiRqW SWIwjNY+gzIQapTUpsy80dvipSpKrnIBUYnK5NC0OuEbxn4WTspDCeCW9xcuqLo= =RMvI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v--
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