From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rick Jones Subject: Re: [patch net-next V8] net: introduce ethernet teaming device Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:40:52 -0800 Message-ID: <4EC160B4.2040709@hp.com> References: <1321085808-6871-1-git-send-email-jpirko@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, eric.dumazet@gmail.com, bhutchings@solarflare.com, shemminger@vyatta.com, fubar@us.ibm.com, andy@greyhouse.net, tgraf@infradead.org, ebiederm@xmission.com, mirqus@gmail.com, kaber@trash.net, greearb@candelatech.com, jesse@nicira.com, fbl@redhat.com, benjamin.poirier@gmail.com, jzupka@redhat.com, ivecera@redhat.com To: Jiri Pirko Return-path: Received: from g1t0027.austin.hp.com ([15.216.28.34]:16553 "EHLO g1t0027.austin.hp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751275Ab1KNSlA (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:41:00 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1321085808-6871-1-git-send-email-jpirko@redhat.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 11/12/2011 12:16 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote: > This patch introduces new network device called team. It supposes to be > very fast, simple, userspace-driven alternative to existing bonding > driver. What is the definition of "very" here - relative to bonding I presume? Are there actual performance figures available at this point? Something along the lines of test through both on the same hardware. I don't have HW on which to run myself but would be quite happy to help with say netperf command selection to demonstrate the difference between the two. happy benchmrking, rick jones