From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jamal Hadi Subject: Re: Route cache performance under stress Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 07:47:44 -0400 (EDT) Sender: linux-net-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20030520074352.N40831@shell.cyberus.ca> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: "David S. Miller" , sim@netnation.com, netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-net@vger.kernel.org Return-path: To: Pekka Savola In-Reply-To: List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tue, 20 May 2003, Pekka Savola wrote: > On Mon, 19 May 2003, Jamal Hadi wrote: > > I dont think the hashes are similar - its the effect into the > > slow path. I was told by someone who tested this on a priicey CISCO > > that they simply die unless capable of a feature called CEF. > > Yes, but pretty much nobody is using Cisco without CEF, except in the last > mile, low-end devices. > so not a GSR thing only feature. At the edges though, wouldnt it be important to do more sexy things than just route based on a destination address? cheers, jamal