Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] netem: trace enhancement

From: Ben Greear <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:29:51 -0800

Patrick McHardy wrote:
>
> That sounds like it would also be possible using rtnetlink. You could
> send out a notification whenever you switch the active buffer and have
> userspace listen to these and replace the inactive one.

Also, I think you will need a larger cache than 4-8k if you are running 
higher speeds (100,000 pps, etc),
as you probably can't rely on user-space responding reliably every 10ms 
(or even less time for faster
speeds.)

Thanks,
Ben

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