Re: 2.2.18Pre Lan Performance Rocks!

[Reto Baettig]

Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> > Why not solve the problem at the source and completely redesign the
> > network stack? Get rid of the old sk_buff & co! Rip the whole network
> > layer out! Redesign it and give the user a possibility of Zero-Copy
> > networking!
> 
> For one because you don't need to do that to get zero copy networking for
> most real world cases. Tux already implements the neccessary infrastructure
> for these.

And what if I'd like to use the network for something different than
html?

I'm sorry but I don't know TUX. Does it implement its own TCP stack? 

Reto
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