Amit Kucheria wrote: > On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Ben Greear wrote: > > >>I'm considering writing a kernel module that will be used to >>generate and receive copious amounts of Ethernet, UDP, and TCP >>traffic. I would prefer to tweak/use an existing tool if any >>is available. Any suggestions? >> >>Thanks, >>Ben >> > > > How about using the tun/tap devices in the 2.4. kernels which can RX/TX > Ethernet frames from/to userspace? I can already send/rcv packets with raw sockets, but the problem is that causes coppies to/from user space, which not only decreases throughput, but adds considerable latency. If I can run the generation down in the kernel, it will run much faster. > > http://vtun.sourceforge.net > > -- Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> <Ben_Greear AT excite.com> President of Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com ScryMUD: http://scry.wanfear.com http://scry.wanfear.com/~greear - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
