2 messages, 2 authors, 2008-08-11 · open the first message on its own page
From: Roland Dreier <hidden>
Date: 2008-08-11 21:40:04
> > Yes, that's the question -- are stateless offloads (plus CRC32C in the > > CPU etc) going to give good enough performance that the whole TCP > > offload exercise is pointless? > > This is by definition true, over time. And this has stedfastly proven > itself, over and over again. By the definition of what? - R.
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2008-08-11 21:52:27
From: Roland Dreier <redacted> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:39:47 -0700
> > Yes, that's the question -- are stateless offloads (plus CRC32C in the > > CPU etc) going to give good enough performance that the whole TCP > > offload exercise is pointless? > > This is by definition true, over time. And this has stedfastly proven > itself, over and over again. By the definition of what?
By definition of time always advancing forward, and cpus always getting faster, and memory (albeit more slowly) increasing in speed too,