Re: TCP RACK stack by default for 15.0 RELEASE ?
Cheng Cui <[email protected]>
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Richard has clearly described the key differences between the current stacks. My tests on loopback path give some highlights on that. https://wiki.freebsd.org/chengcui/tcp_loopback_perf Making sure you're not a bot! wiki.freebsd.org > On Sep 8, 2025, at 03:32, Scheffenegger, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Cheng has recently done some performance testing. The short answer is, that the base stack is much less computationally intensive and better suited for datacenter / high performance environments, while the RACK stack is optimized for the common Internet Server (Wifi/relatively low bandwidth) client use case... > > Since fbsd is used in both these diverse environments, changing the default would probably lead to a different group of users having to tweak their settings off-default, while those who are already tweaking it, would no longer have to. > > So, overall I don't see a compelling reason to change the default right now - but good reason to have both stacks around by default to be able to toggle between those if needed. > > > > Richard > > > > > > > Mickaël Maillot <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> > > The tcp rack stack is around for more than a year now, will it be the default stack for 15.0-RELEASE ? > > <OpenPGP_0x17BE5899E0B1439B.asc> Best Regards, Cheng Cui