Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 00:33:50 +0100 (MET) From: Pierre Beyssac <pb@fasterix.freenix.fr> To: jerry@border.com (Jerry Kendall) Cc: nate@rocky.sri.MT.net, dennis@etinc.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pppd vs ijppp Message-ID: <199601102333.AAA26478@fasterix.frmug.fr.net> In-Reply-To: <96Jan10.135034est.20483@janus.border.com> from "Jerry Kendall" at Jan 10, 96 01:47:44 pm
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Jerry Kendall writes:
> 3)That is like saying TCP does not belong in the kernel.
Not exactly.
That's more like saying inetd and telnetd do not belong in the kernel :-)
> Getting 10% better throughput will cut down the amount of time 'joe user'
> takes to get the files/info he needs, cut down the amount of time *other*
> users have to wait, the faster your PPP subsystem can receive the info,
Generally the modem, not the CPU, is the bottleneck. At typical dialup
speeds, using user- or kernel-ppp makes absolutely no difference if you
don't have 20 lines.
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Pierre Beyssac pb@fasterix.frmug.fr.net pb@fasterix.freenix.fr
{Free,Net,Open}BSD, Linux : il y a moins bien, mais c'est plus cher
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