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SubjectRe: Gigabit Linux Server Bottlenecks
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>>>>> "Ted" == Ted Matsumura <tedm@tedm.com> writes:

>> Well in order to use it and really gain on it for transmit, you
>> want scatter/gather skbuffs, something which I really want to look
>> at (provided I can find the time). If you are doing the data copy
>> anyway, there checksum is almost free.

Ted> This should be done at least partially in hardware, IMHO.

????

The hardware already does scatter/gather like a bunch of other cards
does. It's hard, however, to utilize the scatter/gather features
without teaching the skb's about it.

Jes

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