Re: [PATCH] linux/net/ipv4/arp.c, kernel 2.0.36 (& 2.0.37-pre9)

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 30 Mar 1999 17:37:18 +0100 (BST)


> some speedup in real tests. I.e. we can hard code the ip addresses and
> port numbers (and many othe parameters) after they have been fixed for a
> connectin. This connection then gets it own specialised code which is
> much simpler and faster.
>
> A far future maybe :(

There are papers on this somewhere. Making each socket write its own output
code, making arp work that way and making the input decoders similarly
dynamic.

Research work..

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