> Here is one idea. Do a reverse LSO, have a dynamic cache on > the network card watching saddr/daddr/sport/dport flows, and > accumulate as many in-order TCP packets as possible into one > large R-LSO frame. > This accumulation is timed out by a length and time parameter > programmable in the chip, just like HW interrupt mitigation is. > > Then the stack receives these (up to 64K) frames. > > This is the kind of discussion of alternative ideas I am > _NOT_ seeing. Which shows how blinded people are to > alternatives to TOE.
Number of R-LSO (we call it LRO) hw assists is actually shipping today in our 10GbE ASIC. We will submit an LRO driver patch at some point - although MSI-X and Receive Traffic Hashing driver patches will take precedence. BTW any comments on the LRO algorithm in my OLS slides are most welcome; we are looking to extend the implementation in the next ASIC. > > Christoph, you're a really bright guy, perhaps you can sit > and come up with some other ideas which would act as > stateless alternatives to TOE? I bet you can do it, if you > would simply try... > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
