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Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 20:16:24 +0100
From: David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se>
To: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
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Subject: Re: What is 2.4 Linux networking performance like compared to BSD?
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On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 09:36:22PM +0300, Hans Reiser wrote:
> Nathan Dabney wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 07:03:31PM +0300, Hans Reiser wrote:
> > > The problem is that I really need BSD vs. Linux experiences, not Linux 2.4 vs.
> > > 2.2 experiences, because the webcache industry tends to strongly disparage Linux
> > > networking code, so much better isn't necessarily good enough.
> > >
> > > Hans
> > 
> > Check with the www.swelltech.com people, they should have the info you need.
> > 
> > http://www.swelltech.com/pengies/joe/squidtuneup/t1.html
> > 
> > The above link contains some decent squid performance hints for 2.2+Squid.
> > 
> > -Nathan Dabney
> It does not say anything about BSD vs. Linux 2.4 networking code.
> 
> If I can't get information about BSD v. Linux 2.4 networking code,
> then reiserfs has to get ported to BSD which will be both nice and a
> pain to do.

You know Hans, both Linux v2.4 and *BSD are free. Install a copy of each
and run a couple of benchmarks. I seem to recall that you have a knack
for running benchmarks...

You can't always rely on having others getting all the information for
you.


/David Weinehall
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