Re: TCP IP Offloading Interface

From: Matt Porter (mporter@kernel.crashing.org)
Date: Tue Jul 15 2003 - 21:37:58 EST


On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 12:48:18AM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> On receive side, clever RX buffer flipping tricks are the way
> to go and require no protocol changes and nothing gross like
> TOE or weird buffer ownership protocols like RDMA requires.
>
> I've made postings showing how such a scheme can work using a limited
> flow cache on the networking card. I don't have a reference handy,
> but I suppose someone else does.

The following reference should be useful for those following along
at home and wondering what the hell this hardware flow cache scheme
is:

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0306.2/0429.html

Regards,

-- 
Matt Porter
mporter@kernel.crashing.org
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