Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:22:28 -0600 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: "George V. Neville-Neil" <gnn@neville-neil.com> Cc: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org>, Alex Rousskov <rousskov@measurement-factory.com>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: funding TCP stack rewrite Message-ID: <20011130152228.M46769@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <200111302114.NAA3026638@meer.meer.net>; from gnn@neville-neil.com on Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 01:14:51PM -0800 References: <bright@mu.org> <200111302114.NAA3026638@meer.meer.net>
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* George V. Neville-Neil <gnn@neville-neil.com> [011130 15:15] wrote: > > I don't think a rewrite is ever going to be much of a good idea, > > a restructuring might, meaning that fixing up all the layering > > and making it more flat like Van Jacobson suggested (and Linux > > implemented in one of their stack of the year projects) might > > gain us performance. > > I would disagree, and I'll say why in a second. You're allowed to disagree, it's just not as productive as actually dictating design. If you were to prosose how this rewrite should/would be done, not just the goals then people would pick various pieces and do them, but just stating goals without the means to achieve those goals isn't very productive. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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