Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 18:00:40 +0200 From: Martin Heinen <martin@sumuk.de> To: "Ritz, Bruno" <bruno_ritz@gmx.ch> Cc: FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: possible millisecond - microsecond confusion Message-ID: <20020825180039.B6559@sumuk.de> In-Reply-To: <GNENKHPCNMLFKGMPLJONOEMACCAA.bruno_ritz@gmx.ch>; from bruno_ritz@gmx.ch on Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 05:39:13PM %2B0200 References: <20020825125050.A6559@sumuk.de> <GNENKHPCNMLFKGMPLJONOEMACCAA.bruno_ritz@gmx.ch>
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On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 05:39:13PM +0200, Ritz, Bruno wrote: > I don't agree with your patch. It would change the "microseconds" to µs which is still not the same as "ms". > > The text says that in the first case only 370 packets/s can be processed, so it must be the milliseconds stuff (1/370 =~ 0.002702 -> > 2.702 milliseconds) There is nothing wrong with the units: The first number (2.703 ms) gives the time to process a packet. Since the example uses 1000 rules, processing one rule will take 2.703 ms / 1000 = 2.7 µs. The theoretical limit of 370 packets per second is derived from the first number 1000 / 2.703 = 370. Martin -- Marxpitn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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