Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux V2.1.128 localhost performance | Date | Fri, 20 Nov 1998 18:26:01 +0300 (MSK) | From | kuznet@ms2 ... |
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Hello!
> > I also noticed 98% packet loss when doing ping -f localhost on 2.1.127. > > > > Regards, > > Tigran. > > > I noticed this in testing my new dual Pentium 400MHz machine. I have > some network benchmark tools. To see the throughput without using > the adapter and wire, i,e., see how the code itself works, I have > been benchmarking localhost. I think the new "feature" makes Network > Software performance un-testable.
It is the last time, when I answer this question. It is RTFM.
This is not new feature. Linux always behaved in this manner, except for several months, when I introduced THE BUG really helping ping.
BTW since Linux-1.0 you had enough time to replace your stale ping.
Alexey Kuznetsov
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