> for non-i386 architectures. Once I thought I understood it and it seems
> related to cache line alignment. However, I am not sure exactly about the
> reason now. Can someone enlighten me a little bit?
A lot of pci net cards can only start packets on a 4 byte boundary. A lot
of CPU's need 4 b
Jun Sun writes:
> I notice that many net drivers set rx_copybreak to 1518 (the max packet size)
> for non-i386 architectures. Once I thought I understood it and it seems
> related to cache line alignment. However, I am not sure exactly about the
> reason now. Can someone enlighten me a lit
I notice that many net drivers set rx_copybreak to 1518 (the max packet size)
for non-i386 architectures. Once I thought I understood it and it seems
related to cache line alignment. However, I am not sure exactly about the
reason now. Can someone enlighten me a little bit?
Basically I try to
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