Re: Notebooks

David S. Miller (davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com)
Wed, 19 Aug 1998 07:49:39 -0700


Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 21:40:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>

Davem? Can you fill me in on why that was done in the first place?

It is faster in fact, do lat_tcp over localhost and over the wire, we
allocate packets faster with the SLAB'ified version, and bandwidth
even increased (both over the wire and localhost) as well as a result
of those changes.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com

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