From owner-freebsd-net Wed Sep 2 07:11:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA24544 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 07:11:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from po1.bbn.com (PO1.BBN.COM [192.1.50.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA24529 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 07:11:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dennis@bbn.com) Received: from bbn.com (DROCKWELL.BBN.COM [128.89.31.139]) by po1.bbn.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id KAA06312; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 10:10:02 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199809021410.KAA06312@po1.bbn.com> To: Garrett Wollman cc: net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with MGET(m, M_WAIT, *) [was: Semantics of ...] In-reply-to: Message from Garrett Wollman <199809020329.XAA02805@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> . X-face: &R'hN{mZu#r@8b_JU\bn"!fYpP{?5k4p/(|]?.2'6;>Dc9}~t*vY=/#-:"63ya.%)%o`Kv$ u&'Ff5k&n[}QC;j7YYsR5Hl]G"E:*9Zmw;dx[sw&9Tmx_PB/7B`RdFW;#@49hJU&kW+J"<[`9^?.dQ 3]L$zK,4'=tThX$wC!M\`e*@1y Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 10:10:04 -0400 From: Dennis Rockwell Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 1 Sep, Garrett Wollman wrote: > Yes -- but it will take some time. The eventual goal is for > interfaces to manage their own memory allocation -- some interfaces > may have unusual requirements for memory which is being used as a > buffer. How will you be dealing with consumers that don't consume quickly? An interface-dedicated buffer, holding a single character of payload, sitting on somebody's TCP input queue doesn't seem very efficient, either. Just curious -- I've done some similar work myself in former lives. Dennis Rockwell dennis@bbn.com GTE Internetworking Powered by BBN +1-617-873-5745 Cambridge, MA +1-617-873-6091 (Fax) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message