Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Gigabit Linux Server Bottlenecks | From | Jes Sorensen <> | Date | 09 Feb 2000 18:37:59 +0100 |
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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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