Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269313AbUIHTWY (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Sep 2004 15:22:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269277AbUIHTWY (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Sep 2004 15:22:24 -0400 Received: from serwer.tvgawex.pl ([212.122.214.2]:53454 "HELO mother.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S269315AbUIHTWW (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Sep 2004 15:22:22 -0400 Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 21:21:18 +0200 From: Tomasz Torcz To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux Routing Performance inferior? Message-ID: <20040908192118.GH7736@irc.pl> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200409071000.58455.rchandar-knl@qz.port5.com> <413F525E.3010408@optonline.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <413F525E.3010408@optonline.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 981 Lines: 22 On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 02:41:34PM -0400, Nathan Bryant wrote: > >>"FreeBSD (5.x) can route 1Mpps on a 2.8G Xeon while > >>Linux can't do much more than 100kpps" > > Nonetheless, FreeBSD has some advantages. They achieved their results > using a fast forwarding path (enabled via sysctl) that processes > forwarded packets to completion entirely within the interrupt handler. I've already posted presentation about those features (*) to netdev. Some ideas looks interesting enough to be implemented in Linux. * http://people.freebsd.org/~andre/FreeBSD-5.3-Networking.pdf -- Tomasz Torcz To co nierealne - tutaj jest normalne. zdzichu@irc.-nie.spam-.pl Ziomale na ?ycie maj? tu patenty specjalne. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/