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Date:      Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:12:10 +0200
From:      "Bart Van Kerckhove" <bart@it-ss.be>
To:        "Stefan Lambrev" <stefan.lambrev@moneybookers.com>, "Paul" <paul@gtcomm.net>
Cc:        Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Freebsd IP Forwarding performance (question, and some info) [7-stable, current, em, smp]
Message-ID:  <003d01c8e368$e3213f50$020b000a@bartwrkstxp>
References:  <2d3001c8def1$f4309b90$020b000a@bartwrkstxp>	<486FFF70.3090402@gtcomm.net>	<48701921.7090107@gtcomm.net>	<4871E618.1080500@freebsd.org>	<20080708002228.G680@besplex.bde.org>	<48724238.2020103@freebsd.org>	<20080708034304.R21502@delplex.bde.org>	<20080708045135.V1022@besplex.bde.org>	<ed91d4a80807071227q5d9ca283g59270a1ab92c80a9@mail.gmail.com>	<48727BA9.6020702@elischer.org>	<20080707221257.GH62764@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>	<20080709142008.H26105@delplex.bde.org><4876EC16.5070209@gtcomm.net> <4877314C.5000106@moneybookers.com>

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>> Good news is using iptables only adds a few percentage onto the CPU
>> usage.   But still, what's with that..
>> So far FreeBSD got the highest pps rating for forwarding. I  haven't
>> tried bridge mode.  Ipfw probably takes a big hit in that too though.
>> Looking for an 82575 to test..
> 
> P.S. It was a nice chat, but what we can expect from the future? Any
> plans, patches etc?
> Someone suggested to install 8-current and test with it as this is the
> "fast" way to have something included in FreeBSD.
> I can do this - I can install 8-current, patch it and put it under
> load and report results, but need patches :)
> I guess Paul is in the same situation ..

I'm in the same situation as well.
Would anyone be interested in very specific work aimed at improving IP
forwarding?
I would happily put out a bounty for this, and I'm quite sure I'm not
alone.

PS Paul: idd you get around to testing C2D ?

Kind regards,

Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,

Bart Van Kerckhove
http://friet.net/pgp.txt
"There are 10 kinds of ppl; those who read binary and those who don't"

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