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Subject: [ofa-general] Re: [PATCH 0/9 Rev3] Implement batching skb API and
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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:30:22 -0400
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On Tue, 2007-21-08 at 00:18 -0700, David Miller wrote:

> Using 16K buffer size really isn't going to keep the pipe full enough
> for TSO. 

Why the comparison with TSO (or GSO for that matter)?
Seems to me that is only valid/fair if you have a single flow. 
Batching is multi-flow focused (or i should say flow-unaware).

cheers,
jamal