Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 31 Oct 2000 07:18:32 -0800 | From | Reto Baettig <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.18Pre Lan Performance Rocks! |
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When I'm following this thread, you guys seem to forget the _basics_: The Linux networking stack sucks!
Everybody tries to work around the networking stack. We just recently developped a rpc protocol which makes 180MBytes/second (over a Quadrics Network) because the linux network layer was way too slow. At speeds above 100MBytes/s, copies start to hurt.
Why not solve the problem at the source and completely redesign the network stack? Get rid of the old sk_buff & co! Rip the whole network layer out! Redesign it and give the user a possibility of Zero-Copy networking!
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