Re: Large receive offload, good or bad?

[Peter Bates <peter.bates () ucl ac uk>]

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Hello all

Interesting topic, as I've been pondering the same thing this week.

On 30/08/2012 15:59, Joel Esler wrote:
> If I was deploying an I[DP]S I would investigate using a operating 
> system and network card that supports zero copy bpf sockets. This
> will save you much more CPU time than using LRO and have much more 
> predictable results.

Can the VRT member who is not on the list expand a bit more on this?

Are we talking *BSD, Linux AF_PACKET with fanout, PF_RING, ?

I've been exploring increasing the buffer size with the AF_PACKET DAQ
this week only to find it errors when set to 4Gb or more.

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Peter Bates
Senior Computer Security Officer    Phone: +44(0)2076792049
Information Services Division       Internal Ext: 32049
University College London
London WC1E 6BT
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