>>>>> "Brooks" == Brooks Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Why not simply index directly into an array of 4096 pointers? >> Anybody running that many VLANs can afford the extra 16 kB per >> physical interface. Brooks> I suggested the balanced tree because we've got two Brooks> implementations in sys/tree.h, but you are correct that the Brooks> space probably isn't worth the overhead of the trees. You'd Brooks> have to use per physical interface trees anyway, so that part Brooks> would be the same. I would vote for the 4096 pointer model (or at least an option for same). We often use machines with 100 or more vlans. Constant time packet delivery is a "good thing" (tm). Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can only be | |Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
