Re: Freebsd IP Forwarding performance (question, and some info) [7-stable, current, em, smp]

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Good news is using iptables only adds a few percentage onto the CPU
usage. But still, what's with that..
So far FreeBSD got the highest pps rating for forwarding. I haven't
tried bridge mode. Ipfw probably takes a big hit in that too though.
Looking for an 82575 to test..

P.S. It was a nice chat, but what we can expect from the future? Any
plans, patches etc?
Someone suggested to install 8-current and test with it as this is the
"fast" way to have something included in FreeBSD.
I can do this - I can install 8-current, patch it and put it under
load and report results, but need patches :)
I guess Paul is in the same situation ..

I'm in the same situation as well.
Would anyone be interested in very specific work aimed at improving IP
forwarding?
I would happily put out a bounty for this, and I'm quite sure I'm not
alone.

PS Paul: idd you get around to testing C2D ?

Kind regards,

Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,

Bart Van Kerckhove
http://friet.net/pgp.txt
"There are 10 kinds of ppl; those who read binary and those who don't"

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