Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 23 May 1999 00:22:40 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Fast TCP/IP checksum patch. |
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On Fri, 21 May 1999, Hussam E. Eassa, Ph.D. wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > I'm new to this list so please forgive me if this question has been asked > before. > > I got hold of a patch by a fellow named Dick Johnson (or Johnston?) that > supposedly speeds up TCP/IP transfers by using a piped checksum routine. > It seems to speed things up quite a bit on my system (Slackware > distribution, Kernel version 2.0.35, P233 MMX, 3COM EL3, etc.) > > Could anybody tell me when this patch will be included in the "official" > kernel release? I'm told that this patch has been floating around for a > while but it never seems to make it to the released kernel. > > Thanks in advance for your help.
The patch is available via anon ftp from boneserver.analogic.com /pub/downloads/linux/csum.patch.gz
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