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Date:      Sat, 01 Mar 1997 08:21:00 -0800
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Julian Assange <proff@iq.org>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: optimised ip_input 
Message-ID:  <199703011621.IAA05139@root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 02 Mar 1997 00:59:24 %2B1100." <199703011359.AAA10816@profane.iq.org> 

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>ip_input() is appalling slow for multi-homed hosts, taking around
>2 x num_interface_addresses comparisons to detect if a packet is
>locally destined.
>
>I've addressed this with address caching, hashing, and intelligent
>handling of broadcast addresses. Interested?

   Certainly...I'd like to see the diffs...

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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