Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 15:03:46 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@mu.org> Cc: raviprasad20@netscape.net, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Free BSD network buffers Message-ID: <20010516150346.A35345@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20010516002427.P37979@elvis.mu.org>; from billf@mu.org on Wed, May 16, 2001 at 12:24:27AM -0500 References: <4F2A777A.3AABE4DC.9513E96F@netscape.net> <20010516002427.P37979@elvis.mu.org>
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--45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 12:24:27AM -0500, Bill Fumerola wrote: > On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 01:17:44AM -0400, raviprasad20@netscape.net wrote: >=20 > > My doubt is whether mbuf's along with clusters will be used for large d= ata sizes like 65536 bytes? >=20 > No, for data that big we use vnodes. That way we can swap out in times of= low > memory. To really take advantage of this, use softupdates so the meta-data > operations on the network buffers can be scheduled async. It seemed like a legitimate and serious enough question, I'm not sure what warranted this response. Kris --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7AvlBWry0BWjoQKURAsPZAKDuFwI5GtFwhMf9XJTVzuoJvOW/ZgCg3A8X STkoUWLN3Y2SCoQ64TPDdm0= =boUw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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