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Date:      Sun, 17 Feb 2002 17:40:10 -0800
From:      Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>
To:        David Greenman <dg@root.com>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <roy@karlsbakk.net>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, Thomas Hurst <tom.hurst@clara.net>, hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: in-kernel HTTP Server for FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <20020217174010.B16041@iguana.icir.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020217173008.E80718@nexus.root.com>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.30.0202171935060.6486-100000@mustard.heime.net> <3C703A92.2EBD3E67@mindspring.com> <20020217170929.D80718@nexus.root.com> <3C7056F9.A9F37535@mindspring.com> <20020217173008.E80718@nexus.root.com>

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On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 05:30:08PM -0800, David Greenman wrote:
> >I'll agree with your experience.  At this point, the limiting
> >factor is PCI bandwith, at least for general purpose hardware.
> 
>    I haven't found PCI bandwidth to be a problem, either, at least when
> using gigabit ethernet NICs on 64bit and/or 66MHz PCI. When one writes an

Correct, though Terry probably meant that "general purpose hw"
(read: cheap motherboards) usually have 32bit/33MHz PCI buses, so
they can easily become a bottleneck especially if they are shared
with other peripherals such as disk controllers, video acquisition
boards, or multiple ethernet boards.

	cheers
	luigi

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