Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 17:12:17 -0500 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "brandon@virage.com" <brandon@virage.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cpu considerations for packet filtering Message-ID: <199809022120.RAA03217@laker.net>
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On Wed, 02 Sep 1998 13:35:53 -0700, Brandon Huey wrote: >how important is L2 cache for packet-filtering, and heavy network >traffic in general? > >i have a very small 3.0-SNAP kernel with ipf and ssh that will boot from >floppy into memory. the hard drive in the machine is used only for >logging. i'm writing a front-end to ipf so that the admin of this >gateway can generate new rules and have them updated via scp. >i want to build this as cheaply as possible and am interested by the AMD >3D cpu which i have found for < $100. the possible downside is that it >has no integrated cache. > >advice? I'm confused... Level 2 cache is usually located on the motherboard, with the Pentium II being the odd man out (nice if you have a big enough die). Are you saying the motherboard doesn't have an L2 cache ?? If you're getting a motherboard that has no L2 but it does have the CPU, you can always buy a different motherboard. I went to AMDs web site and their description of their 3DNow chips show an L1 cache... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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