On 01/03/2013 23:24, David Miller wrote: > From: Eliezer Tamir <eliezer.ta...@linux.jf.intel.com> > Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:55:49 -0800 > >> This patchset adds the ability for the socket layer code to poll directly >> on an Ethernet device's RX queue. This eliminates the cost of the interrupt >> and context switch and with proper tuning allows us to get very close >> to the HW latency. >> >> This is a follow up to Jesse Brandeburg's Kernel Plumbers talk from last year >> http://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/2012/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-lpc-Low-Latency-Sockets-slides-brandeburg.pdf > > I just wanted to say that I like this work a lot. > > It proves a lot of things I try to impress upon people who talk about > how RDMA is such a "must have" because the software stack can't > possibly give anything near HW latency. > > Obviously such arguments are complete bullshit as is shown by these > changes. > > This is exactly the kind of approach that makes sense rather than > trying to put entire TCP stacks in the network card firmware. > > Thanks again for doing this work and I look forward to applying > this stuff once all the kinks are worked out. The folks in the > Intel NIC group continue to impress me.
It would really help us to hear opinions on the open issues we listed. Thanks, Eliezer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
