Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dave@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > So my question is on Linux's ipsec stack if I get a dual xeon > or a dual core P4 will the load get spread - or even if it > won't help a single direction, will it help me get the > bidirectional performance (each direction on each core - perhaps > with interrupt routing??) You need at least two flows for it to spread on the transmitter. Since you seem to be transmitter-bound this should help. On the receiver it's more difficult. > Also, does anyone have any experience with crypto accel cards - I > can't see signs of much support on open source drivers for Linux > (other than VIA padlock); but the BSDs seem to support a few > different ones out of the box. There are two patch-sets out there that you can use, Acrypto and OCF. Support in the main kernel is being worked on. Cheers, -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
