From: Muli Ben-Yehuda (mulix_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Tue 13 Jan 2004 - 20:02:51 IST
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 07:58:40PM +0200, Valentin Ossman wrote:
> YES! This is the point of Linux afterall.
I'm very glad to hear it!
> The question is who can deliver? The hardware we are building improves
> processing time of the CPU by offloading TCP/IP processing from the
> kernel. The job should be very exciting (I would do it if I only had the
> time...)
TCP/IP offloading is a hotly-debated area. As an FYI, Dave Miller, the
kernel's networking maintainer, is pretty much dead set against
it. You can find what he has to say on the subject in the archives.
Cheers,
Muli
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