From owner-svn-src-head@freebsd.org Wed May 2 14:59:27 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5DA6FAC108; Wed, 2 May 2018 14:59:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hiren@strugglingcoder.info) Received: from mail.strugglingcoder.info (strugglingcoder.info [104.236.146.68]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C9546C2ED; Wed, 2 May 2018 14:59:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hiren@strugglingcoder.info) Received: from localhost (unknown [10.1.1.3]) (Authenticated sender: hiren@strugglingcoder.info) by mail.strugglingcoder.info (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 7CEC2178C5; Wed, 2 May 2018 07:59:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 07:59:21 -0700 From: hiren panchasara To: Warner Losh Cc: Jonathan Looney , Randall Stewart , src-committers , 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> References: <201804191338.w3JDc0to002106@repo.freebsd.org> <20180430071646.GE3653@strugglingcoder.info> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 May 2018 14:59:27 -0000 --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 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--