Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Sep 2004 21:21:18 +0200 | From | Tomasz Torcz <> | Subject | Re: Linux Routing Performance inferior? |
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On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 02:41:34PM -0400, Nathan Bryant wrote: > >>"FreeBSD (5.x) can route 1Mpps on a 2.8G Xeon while > >>Linux can't do much more than 100kpps" > > Nonetheless, FreeBSD has some advantages. They achieved their results > using a fast forwarding path (enabled via sysctl) that processes > forwarded packets to completion entirely within the interrupt handler.
I've already posted presentation about those features (*) to netdev. Some ideas looks interesting enough to be implemented in Linux.
* http://people.freebsd.org/~andre/FreeBSD-5.3-Networking.pdf
-- Tomasz Torcz To co nierealne - tutaj jest normalne. zdzichu@irc.-nie.spam-.pl Ziomale na życie mają tu patenty specjalne.
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