Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 29 Oct 1997 22:18:52 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Unix domain sockets being slooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwww |
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On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Richard Gooch wrote:
> Richard B. Johnson writes: > > I think there's a minimum packet length over ethernet that is killing you > > with overhead. I think it's 64 bytes. If you have a 1-byte semaphore, you > > are only using about 1/64th of the available data bandwidth. > > He was talking about Unix domain sockets, not Internet sockets. > > Regards, > > Richard.... > woopps! I thought he wanted to pass semiphores between machines! They don't share memory (yet).
Cheers, Dick Johnson
Richard B. Johnson Project Engineer Analogic Corporation Penguin : Linux version 2.1.60 on an i586 machine (66.15 BogoMips). Warning : It's hard to remain at the trailing edge of technology.
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