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From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: Bandwidth throttling etc.
In-Reply-To: <199804250016.TAA01428@friley585.res.iastate.edu> from Chris Csanady at "Apr 24, 98 07:16:36 pm"
To: ccsanady@friley585.res.iastate.edu (Chris Csanady)
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 19:36:25 -0500 (EST)
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> 
> Someone mentioned the linux stack earlier, and they do indeed use
> contiguous packets.  However, I think that they also use the generic
> kernel allocator to create these.  This seems like an easy way to
> have per-interface buffers, although I have to wonder how efficient
> this would be.  Would this be acceptable?
>
Try looking at our zone allocator, which aligns items nicely, and is
very quick.


John

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