Re: Request for Testing: TCP RACK

Hello,

I'm curious about tcp RACK.

As I do not run on a server background, only a laptop and a rpi4 for
poudriere, git, browsing, some torrent and ssh/sftp connections, will
I see any difference using RACK?
What tests should I do for comparison?

Thanks,

<[email protected]> escreveu (quinta, 16/11/2023 à(s) 15:10):
>
> Dear all,
>
> recently the main branch was changed to build the TCP RACK stack
> which is a loadable kernel module, by default:
> https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3a338c534154164504005beb00a3c6feb03756cc
>
> As discussed on the bi-weekly transport call, it would be great if people
> could test the RACK stack for their workload. Please report any problems to the
> net@ mailing list or open an issue in the bug tracker and drop me a note via email.
> This includes regressions in CPU usage, regressions in performance or any other
> unexpected change you observe.
>
> You can load the kernel module using
> kldload tcp_rack
>
> You can make the RACK stack the default stack using
> sysctl net.inet.tcp.functions_default=rack
>
> Based on the feedback we get, the default stack might be switched to the
> RACK stack.
>
> Please let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Best regards
> Michael
>
>
>


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Nuno Teixeira
FreeBSD Committer (ports)