From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Werner Almesberger <Werner.Almesberger@epfl.ch>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: LILO and serial speeds over 9600
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:53:27 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A887777.3895D3F8@transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E14SSNw-0008To-00@the-village.bc.nu>
Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > Depends on what the client can handle. For the kernel, that might be
> > true, but for example a boot loader may only have a few K worth of buffer
> > space.
>
> That same constraint is true of any UDP protocol too, and indeed any protocol
> not entirely based on FEC (which rather rules out ethernet based solutions)
>
> You also dont need much buffering for a smart embedded stack, its no secret
> that some embedded tcps dont buffer the data but pointers to constant data and
> values for only non constant objects. You really can make a minimal TCP very
> low resource.
>
I'm sure you can. That doesn't mean it's the right solution.
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-02-12 23:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-12 15:45 LILO and serial speeds over 9600 Ivan Passos
2001-02-12 16:53 ` Ivan Passos
2001-02-12 18:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-02-12 20:39 ` James Sutherland
2001-02-12 20:54 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-02-12 22:55 ` James Sutherland
2001-02-14 11:45 ` Pavel Machek
2001-02-12 21:52 ` Alan Cox
2001-02-12 22:10 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-02-12 22:25 ` Alan Cox
2001-02-12 23:11 ` Werner Almesberger
2001-02-12 23:16 ` Alan Cox
2001-02-12 23:20 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-02-12 23:27 ` Alan Cox
2001-02-12 23:53 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2001-02-13 0:11 ` Alan Cox
2001-02-13 0:17 ` Tim Wright
2001-02-13 0:23 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-02-13 10:51 ` Alan Cox
2001-02-13 10:57 ` James Sutherland
2001-02-13 12:55 ` Russell King
2001-02-13 13:56 ` James Sutherland
2001-02-13 0:25 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-02-12 23:35 ` James Sutherland
2001-02-12 23:51 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-02-13 0:24 ` James Sutherland
2001-02-13 0:27 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-02-12 23:19 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-02-12 23:23 ` Alan Cox
2001-02-14 11:53 ` Pavel Machek
2001-02-17 17:26 ` Patrick Michael Kane
2001-02-17 17:40 ` James Sutherland
2001-02-21 3:11 ` Network console project (was: LILO and serial speeds over 9600) H. Peter Anvin
2001-02-21 9:29 ` Network console project Jan-Benedict Glaw
2001-02-22 21:52 ` Network console project (was: LILO and serial speeds over 9600) Pavel Machek
2001-02-23 15:54 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-02-12 22:46 ` LILO and serial speeds over 9600 James Sutherland
2001-02-12 22:50 ` Alan Cox
2001-02-12 18:51 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-02-12 19:49 ` Scott Laird
2001-02-12 23:17 ` Ivan Passos
2001-02-12 23:30 ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-02-12 23:39 ` David Weinehall
2001-02-13 2:52 ` Michael Rothwell
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.21.0102131506230.30955-100000@lefty.dyndns.org>
2001-02-13 6:12 ` H. Peter Anvin
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