On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 23:00:28 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Rusty Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:46:12 +1000 > > > Yes, my first thought back in January was how netfilter would interact > > with this in a sane way. One answer is "don't": once someone registers > > on any hook we go into slow path. Another is to run the hooks in socket > > context, which is better, but precludes having the consumer in > > userspace, which still appeals to me 8) > > Small steps, small steps. I have not ruled out userspace TCP just > yet, but we are not prepared to go there right now anyways. It is > just the same kind of jump to go to kernel level netchannels as it is > to go from kernel level netchannels to userspace netchannel based TCP. I think we sell our existing stack short. There are lots of opportunities left to look more closely at actual real performance bottlenecks and improve incrementally. But it requires, tools, time, faster net hardware, and some creative insight. I guess it just isn't as cool. - 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
