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Date:      Thu, 27 Mar 2003 21:12:57 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf options src/sys/netinet ip_output.c
Message-ID:  <20030327211045.D601@odysseus.silby.com>
In-Reply-To: <03d001c2f4b2$ecf461b0$52557f42@errno.com>
References:  <200303260452.h2Q4quap015364@www.ambrisko.com>    <20030326183351.GJ57674@elvis.mu.org> <20030327013224.P7674@odysseus.silby.com> <20030327161237.T748@odysseus.silby.com> <03d001c2f4b2$ecf461b0$52557f42@errno.com>

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On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Sam Leffler wrote:

> As I've said already, in the drivers you want to use the minimum-cost
> technique to get the packet on the wire.  I think your original
> single-cluster version is close to what I would do, but so long as this
> stuff only happens as an exception to the normal processing path I really
> don't care.  Just keep stats so we can see how much it's happening.
>
>     Sam

Yes, m_defrag will only be used in exceptional cases, where
defragmentation is necessary or highly desireable.

I have one statistic in there now, I'll add a few more if I can do so
without adding too much complexity.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack



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