From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jamal Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9 Rev3] Implement batching skb API and support in IPoIB Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:36:57 -0400 Message-ID: <1187959017.4255.43.camel@localhost> References: <46CC6DD1.5020105@hp.com> <20070822.132145.90824527.davem@davemloft.net> <1187906650.4279.16.camel@localhost> <20070823.153047.99173582.davem@davemloft.net> <1187908702.4279.36.camel@localhost> <20070823203425.2a32fb3f@freepuppy.rosehill.hemminger.net> Reply-To: hadi@cyberus.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: David Miller , rick.jones2@hp.com, krkumar2@in.ibm.com, gaagaan@gmail.com, general@lists.openfabrics.org, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, jagana@us.ibm.com, jeff@garzik.org, johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru, kaber@trash.net, mcarlson@broadcom.com, mchan@broadcom.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com, rdreier@cisco.com, Robert.Olsson@data.slu.se, sri@us.ibm.com, tgraf@suug.ch, xma@us.ibm.com To: Stephen Hemminger Return-path: Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.186]:47213 "EHLO rv-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758606AbXHXMhD (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:37:03 -0400 Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k20so640905rvb for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:37:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20070823203425.2a32fb3f@freepuppy.rosehill.hemminger.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2007-23-08 at 20:34 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > A current hot topic of research is reducing the number of ACK's to make TCP > work better over asymmetric links like 3G. One other good reason to reduce ACKs to battery powered (3G) terminals is it reduces the power consumption i.e you have longer battery life. cheers, jamal