On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 12:58:41PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:

> It looks like Linux is set to move ahead.  Last week, at the
> Linux.conf.au in Dunedin, New Zealand, Van Jacobson presented a
...
> Basically, his idea amounts to a complete redesign of the network
> stack architecture, moving most of the code into userland and
> eliminating the two-stage transfer to the user.  He showed results
> that used only 20% as much processor time and ran twice as fast
> (limited by the wire, not the software).  Very impressive.
> 
> I asked him if he would be prepared to supply details to the BSD
> projects, and yes, he is.  I'd suggest that this is a "must examine"
> thing, and I'll post more as soon as it's available.

This sounds a bit like a paper related to 4.4BSD about a redesign of the
network stack. (Which, obviously, belongs to the design, not the
implementation part...

	-is