Subject: Re: Network data transfer speed (was: [fwd: NetBSD Live CD])
To: None <tech-net@netbsd.org>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@netbsd.org>
List: tech-net
Date: 01/31/2006 16:27:46
Hi,

Greg 'groggy' Lehey started a discussion about VJ's plans for network
kernel improvements - which probably belongs here:

> Dan Langille has pointed out that I'm talking about this in the
> -advocacy group, which doesn't seem appropriate.  Could you please
> redirect to a better group (and copy me in case I'm not on it)?
> 
> On Monday, 30 January 2006 at 13:24:47 +0100, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 04:16:57PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> >
> >> Are you referring to a specific paper?  Van's slides were very clearly
> >> aimed at the Linux 2.6 kernel.  It's very possible that they're based
> >> on something older, of course.
> >
> > Jacobson, V. 1992, "  Design Changes to the Kernel Network Architecture
> > for 4.4BSD, 4.4BSD Class, Berkeley, Calif., May 1992.
> >
> > Possibly available as
> >
> > 	ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/talks/vj-nkarch.ps.Z
> > 	http://www.alkyltechnology.com/nbsd/vanjacobson1992.pdf
> 
> The former appears to be corrupt (at page 3),

Hm. My printer prints 28 pages. Still seems not complete.

> and the latter one is a
> 404.  From what little I see, it's not the same thing.
> 
> Van has now sent me the slides with the request to put them up, so
> take a look at http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/vj/