From: "Qinghua(Kevin) Ye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 13:15:40 -0600
> Yes, It wastes CPU cycles if there is other process running. However, as it > being a dedicated router, it should not be a problem. The process of packets > is the only task it is supposed to do. Linux is a general purpose operating system. Even as a dedicated router, a router daemon still has to execute in userspace to do BGP etc. signaling with routing peers. The administrator also might want to run diagnostic tools to monitor the network. You cannot spin polling on the device, it's simply unacceptable to starve out userspace and the rest of the system like that. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
