On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 05:35:23PM +0100, Paul Jakma wrote: > Exactly how constrained are you that the kernel process descriptors, > additional page tables and context switches are an issue? > > Even parts of the embedded space are going multi-core now.
We will certainly have single core 500MHz systems shipping for many years still. You can only disipate so much heat with passive cooling at 85C ambient. > The destination assumes we fix that. > > It's definitely an issue now, agreed. However, does that mean we > should allow our limitations to corner us? No, although it someone is already happy using a socket to zebra on one port to configure everything, any big change is likely to be quite a hassle. Not that things can't be improved, assuming the new way is in fact better. -- Len Sorensen _______________________________________________ Quagga-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.quagga.net/mailman/listinfo/quagga-dev
