From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270678AbTGNSbq (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jul 2003 14:31:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270692AbTGNSbq (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jul 2003 14:31:46 -0400 Received: from sea2-f18.sea2.hotmail.com ([207.68.165.18]:3347 "EHLO hotmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270678AbTGNSbn (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jul 2003 14:31:43 -0400 X-Originating-IP: [143.182.124.3] X-Originating-Email: [dagriego@hotmail.com] From: "David griego" To: alan@storlinksemi.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dagriego@hotmail.com Subject: Re: Alan Shih: "TCP IP Offloading Interface" Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 11:46:31 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Jul 2003 18:46:31.0798 (UTC) FILETIME=[3E28A160:01C34A38] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org IMHO, there are several cases for some type of TCP/IP offload. One is for embedded systems that are just not capable of doing 1Gbps+. Another is with 10GbE, even high end servers will not be able keep up with TCP processing/data movement at these speeds. Not being proactive in adopting TCP/IP offload will force Linux into accepting some scheme that will not necissarily be best. >Alan Shih wrote: >>Has anyone worked on a standard interface between TOE and Linux? (ie. >>something like Trapeze/Myrinet's GMS?) >> >>Or TOE is a forbidden discussion? Any effort in making Linux the OS for >>TOE at all even though Linux is a little too heavy for it? > > > >I do not forsee there _ever_ being a TOE interface for Linux. > > >It's not a forbidden discussion, but, the networking developers tend to >ignore people who mention TOE because it's been discussed to death, and >no evidence has ever been presented to prove it has advantages where it >matters, and it has significant _dis_advantages from the get-go. > > >I really should write an LKML FAQ entry for TOE. > > > Jeff > > > > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail