Re: [Fwd: Re: possible bug x86 2.4.2 SMP in IP receive stack]

[Bob Felderman <feldy@xxxxxxxx>]

=> On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Bob Felderman wrote:
=> 
=> > I'll look at it, but DaveM's zero-copy patches also solved
=> > the packet drop for me. I have not tried yet to put that
=> > patch on my 2.4.2 fixed kernels.
=> >
=> 
=> Unless your NIC knows how to use those patches, this sounds strange.
=> 
=> cheers,
=> jamal

Dave had said in some email that NFS re-assembly might be improved.

#Finally, regardless of networking card, there should be a measurable
#performance boost for NFS clients with this patch due to the delayed
#fragment coalescing.  KNFSD does not take full advantage of this
#facility yet.