> Richard B. Johnson writes:
> > I think there's a minimum packet length over ethernet that is killing you
> > with overhead. I think it's 64 bytes. If you have a 1-byte semaphore, you
> > are only using about 1/64th of the available data bandwidth.
>
> He was talking about Unix domain sockets, not Internet sockets.
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard....
>
woopps! I thought he wanted to pass semiphores between machines!
They don't share memory (yet).
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Richard B. Johnson
Project Engineer
Analogic Corporation
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