Re: RFC: fragmentation code experiment

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 24 Oct 1999 00:50:05 +0100 (BST)


> 2) modern networks almost never produce out-of-order fragments for packets
> that are eventually accepted (this is a premise--needs to be tested).

NFS produces zillions of them

> 3) workstations and server that do no fragment reassembly or at least no
> out-of-order fragment reassembly would have simpler (and
> better-performing) network code.

Nope, its not on the fast path

> 4) if fragment reassembly (out-of-order or not) needs to be done, it
> should be done by border routers (where people are increasingly willing to
> do computationally intensive stuff like filter and reassemble fragments).

We support this for internet stuff. However most fragmented packets are
local

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