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Re: How to optimize routing performance

To: Robert Olsson <Robert.Olsson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: How to optimize routing performance
From: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 21:38:13 -0300 (BRST)
Cc: Mårten_Wikström <Marten.Wikstrom@xxxxxxxxxx>, "'linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <15024.53099.41814.716733@robur.slu.se>
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On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Robert Olsson wrote:

>  CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL enables kernel code for it. But device
>  drivers has to have support for it. But unfortunely very few drivers
>  has support for it.

Isn't it possible to put something like this in the layer just
above the driver ?

It probably won't work as well as putting it directly in the
driver, but it'll at least keep Linux from collapsing under
really heavy loads ...

regards,

Rik
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