From f4619770cba88e3f6451fba46016f91ef666f4a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 05:54:49 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Explain recent advancements better. --- 15net/net | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/15net/net b/15net/net index d64afd7..491e84b 100644 --- a/15net/net +++ b/15net/net @@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ # Other recent changes * Some members moved to netdev\\_queue to increase cache-line usage -* GRO/GSO -* Multi-queue support -* RPS - Packet Steering +* GRO/GSO - Handle hardware checksum acceleration +* Multi-queue support, for devices with multiple queues, so they can be handled + in different CPUs +* RPS - Receive Packet Steering, which distributes protocol processing amongst + multiple CPUs in case of a single device, single queue system +* RFS - Receive Flow Steering, which tries to handle the packet in the CPU where + the application is running -- 2.20.1