[gentoo-user] Re: PacketShader - firewall using GPU

2011-09-23 Thread James
Michael Mol gmail.com> writes: > > http://shader.kaist.edu/packetshader/ > > anyone interested in trying? A firewall router based on a GPU+CPU is a great idea, who's stability is probably a few years away. Basis: GPU use very fast memory often with special features, based on architecture. But

[gentoo-user] Re: PacketShader - firewall using GPU

2011-09-23 Thread James
Mark Knecht gmail.com> writes: > 1) I don't think the GPU latencies are much different than CPU > latencies. A lot of it can be done with DMA so that the CPU is hardly > involved once the pointers are set up. Of course it depends on the > system but the GPU is pretty close to the action so it s

[gentoo-user] Re: PacketShader - firewall using GPU

2011-09-23 Thread James
Pandu Poluan poluan.info> writes: > Saw this on the pfSense list: > http://shader.kaist.edu/packetshader/ > anyone interested in trying? To make my rant complete, here a few links for those proactive (young and brilliant) minds: http://netfpga.org/ http://opencores.org/ I suggest these sites,