From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin LaHaise Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH] net: fast consecutive name allocation Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:35:04 -0500 Message-ID: <20091113233504.GQ19478@kvack.org> References: <200911130701.14847.opurdila@ixiacom.com> <4AFCF8D3.6090905@gmail.com> <20091112222608.79d90e9e@nehalam> <200911131151.31677.opurdila@ixiacom.com> <20091113142939.35879efe@s6510> <20091113224043.GP19478@kvack.org> <20091113144937.23693bb4@nehalam> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Octavian Purdila , Eric Dumazet , netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Stephen Hemminger Return-path: Received: from kanga.kvack.org ([205.233.56.17]:59204 "EHLO kanga.kvack.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932511AbZKMXe7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:34:59 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091113144937.23693bb4@nehalam> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 02:49:37PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > Then maybe network devices aren't the right layering model. At some > point the paradigm has to be re-examined. What is the right model for dealing with lots of connections to users and routes? This problem isn't going to go away given the increases in connectivity and processing power that happen each year. Today, software routing of 10Gbps links is a reality -- part of what comes with that ability of hardware is the need to deal with the fact that 10Gbps aggregates a lot of users. -ben