From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 10 May 2002 12:02:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 10 May 2002 12:02:25 -0400 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:63936 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 10 May 2002 12:02:01 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 08:49:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20020510.084948.99859388.davem@redhat.com> To: nharring@hostway.net Cc: jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com, pmanuel@myrealbox.com, chen_xiangping@emc.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Tcp/ip offload card driver From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <3CDBEC6A.9020600@hostway.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 2.1 on Emacs 21.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Nicholas Harring Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 10:51:06 -0500 And how about when an SMP system isn't enough? Demonstrate this. Putting the whole implementation on the cards firmware is feasible, you don't need SMP. It's totally doable and Linux needs to see none of the details. Franks a lot, David S. Miller davem@redhat.com