From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270081AbTGPCXL (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 22:23:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270079AbTGPCXL (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 22:23:11 -0400 Received: from fed1mtao01.cox.net ([68.6.19.244]:8679 "EHLO fed1mtao01.cox.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270070AbTGPCXI (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 22:23:08 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 19:37:58 -0700 From: Matt Porter To: "David S. Miller" Cc: Alan Shih , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-net@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: TCP IP Offloading Interface Message-ID: <20030715193758.C8616@home.com> References: <20030713004818.4f1895be.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20030713004818.4f1895be.davem@redhat.com>; from davem@redhat.com on Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 12:48:18AM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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