Re: Multithreaded TCP/IP stack

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Thu Jul 13 2000 - 15:20:44 EST


> A friend of mine is critical of linux for not having a multithreaded
> TCP/IP stack. Is that true? If it is not then what kernel version

The tx path and irq path have been multithreaded since 0.97 I believe.
The receive path in userspace likewise. The receive stuff running in
interrupt and post irq context is fully SMP multithreaded in 2.4test

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