On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 12:24:44PM -0700, Garrett D'Amore wrote:

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> We found that "in-band" processing of IPsec with SCA 4000 was a lot more
> efficient.  I'd really, really like someday to see this kind of offload
> properly supported in the stack, without having to resort to crufty DLPI
> mechanisms.

If we get the generic hooks right, then as hardware becomes available, it can
be exploited quicker since driver writers will know what to do.  IIRC, the
CPU speeds caught up with the SCA 4000 before we really had all of the bits
in S9 ready for it.

Dan
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