From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Can I reduce CPU use of conntrack/masq?
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 13:36:38 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051102133638.77852188@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200511021551.52823.R00020C@freescale.com>
On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 15:51:52 -0500
Steve Snyder <R00020C@freescale.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 02 November 2005 15:23, Antonio Vargas wrote:
> > On 11/2/05, Steve Snyder <R00020C@freescale.com> wrote:
> [snip]
> > > I wonder if I can improve conntrack/masq performance at the expense of
> > > flexibility. This will be a closed system, with simple and static
> > > routing. Are there any trade-offs I can make to sacrifice unneeded
> > > flexibility in routing for reduced CPU utilization in conntrack/masq?
> >
> > Hmmm... totally untested and don't know the details of UWB but...
> > can't you simply ether-bridge the interfaces instead of masquerading?
> > It should need less CPU
>
> Hmm... I'm not familiar with ether-bridge, and Google turns up only
> commercial products and BSD references.
It in the kernel already! Look at
http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Bridge
For more info
--
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
OSDL http://developer.osdl.org/~shemminger
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-02 21:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-02 19:50 Steve Snyder
2005-11-02 20:23 ` Antonio Vargas
2005-11-02 20:51 ` Steve Snyder
2005-11-02 21:36 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
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