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Date:      Mon, 09 Mar 1998 17:30:21 +0100
From:      sthaug@nethelp.no
To:        freebsd@isvara.net
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kernel wishlist for web server performance
Message-ID:  <22452.889461021@verdi.nethelp.no>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 09 Mar 1998 15:35:20 %2B0000"
References:  <35040C37.4D578C02@challenge.isvara.net>

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> Most (if not all) newer NICs which support DMA tranfer support
> scatter/gather lists.  Another nice feature is protocol cheksumming in
> hardware. It's a shame all these tweaks for the internet stack aren't
> being worked on (like copy avoidance, h/w checksum support), and the
> list below:

Actually, they *are* being worked on. I asked Craig Partridge, and I have
received code fragments which do part of what he describes. I'm trying to
integrate them into -current as best I can.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no

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