Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Apr 1999 10:43:07 -0300 | From | Juan Carlos Castro y Castro <> | Subject | Re: Linux TCP Fixing everyones problems? AND: mo' better options |
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Dennis wrote: > > At 06:36 AM 4/13/99 -0400, jamal wrote: > > > >(...) Why in hell should i be > >running a few extra opcodes per TCP packet (in the fast path of all > >places) when i dont talk to Apples? > > Because Linux is bigger than the tiny little world you live in. Its an OS, > and it has to WORK in the real world, outside of classrooms and your little > network. You cant say "were not gonna put it in because SUN is doing it > wrong", because sun isnt going away and comm managers are too stupid to > understand.
If these things become kernel options (so they can be left out if you, for instance, don't have Ciscos in your network or don't need to talk IP with Macs), why the argument? Whoever doesn't need it will have the blazingly fast IP stack they want.
Speaking of kernel options (Linus and the rest of the inner circle hear), shouldn't we have kernel options for things like, max number of total/perprocess open files, inodes and the like?
I don't subscribe to Linux-Kernel, so reply to me please. --
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