Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755657AbYHKVkE (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:40:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752912AbYHKVjv (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:39:51 -0400 Received: from sj-iport-3.cisco.com ([171.71.176.72]:30741 "EHLO sj-iport-3.cisco.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752533AbYHKVjt (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:39:49 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.32,191,1217808000"; d="scan'208";a="94175559" From: Roland Dreier To: David Miller Cc: jgarzik@pobox.com, swise@opengridcomputing.com, divy@chelsio.com, kxie@chelsio.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, open-iscsi@googlegroups.com, michaelc@cs.wisc.edu, daisyc@us.ibm.com, wenxiong@us.ibm.com, bhua@us.ibm.com, dm@chelsio.com, leedom@chelsio.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/1] cxgb3i: cxgb3 iSCSI initiator References: <20080809.224637.69833549.davem@davemloft.net> <20080811.140838.202229941.davem@davemloft.net> X-Message-Flag: Warning: May contain useful information Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:39:47 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20080811.140838.202229941.davem@davemloft.net> (David Miller's message of "Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:08:38 -0700 (PDT)") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Aug 2008 21:39:48.0006 (UTC) FILETIME=[C70E5460:01C8FBFA] Authentication-Results: sj-dkim-4; header.From=rdreier@cisco.com; dkim=pass ( sig from cisco.com/sjdkim4002 verified; ); Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 573 Lines: 15 > > Yes, that's the question -- are stateless offloads (plus CRC32C in the > > CPU etc) going to give good enough performance that the whole TCP > > offload exercise is pointless? > > This is by definition true, over time. And this has stedfastly proven > itself, over and over again. By the definition of what? - R. -- 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/