Possible features for hardware offload
From: Sharat Masetty <hidden>
Date: 2014-07-17 00:33:09
From: Sharat Masetty <hidden>
Date: 2014-07-17 00:33:09
Apart from Checksum offload, I am trying to identify what other parts of the network stack can be potentially offloaded to hardware with the goal of reducing the overall CPU utilization for very high data rates. I am looking for high level data points which I can further research into. Few Additional questions Is there documentation available for GRO feature, that can help me understand the architecture and also the kernel implementation? Looking for pointers to start. Same question for TCP segmentation offload feature. Is there a kernel supported way of offloading netfilter filtering to hardware? Regards, Sharat