On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:07:07 +0200 Anders Torger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Perhaps RTP is good enough. However, at several hundreds of megabits of > throughput, it could be valuable not needing to calculate checksums in > software. I guess IP and UDP checksums usually are calculated in > software. That used to be the case but not anymore. Many modern cards to hardware checksum calculations. I think this is also a prerequisite for zero copy networking so any card which can do zero copy networking should also do hardware checksumming. Erik -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yes it's valid) +-----------------------------------------------------------+ "Only wimps use tape backup: *real* men just upload their important stuff on FTP, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)" -- Linus Torvalds
