> Leo Bicknell wrote: >> because at the higher data rates (eg 40 gige) it makes a huge difference >> in host usage. You can fit 6 times in the data in a 9K packet that you >> can in a 1500 byte packet, which means 1/6th the interrupts, DMA >> transfers, ACL checks, etc, etc, etc.
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Petri Helenius) [Tue 03 Feb 2004, 19:47 CET]:
> This is wrong. Interrupt moderation has been there for quite a while,
> DMA is chained and predictive.
Just like the extra chopping up of the data you want to send into more
packets, it's things you have to do a few extra times. That takes time.
There is no way around this. What Leo wrote is in no way wrong.
> ACL checks I can agree on, but if you are optimizing the system, what
> do you need ACL?s for anyway because you can make the applications
> secure in the first place?
You're trolling, right?
-- Niels.
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