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Untitled 25 Sep 2012 | 12:39 am
VXLAN for Linux Just published a Linux kernel implementation of VXLAN for possible inclusion in 3.7 kernel (patches). For those unfamiliar with VXLAN, here are some common questions. Q: What is VXLAN...
net-snmp ip-forward table performance problems 1 Mar 2011 | 09:45 am
Some performance problems are hard and complex, but others seem to be due to just plain stupidity. This is the saga of SNMP daemon and a full BGP route table. Way back in 2006, Vyatta discovered that ...
GTSM 19 Mar 2010 | 04:53 pm
I like seeing LWN writers pick up small patches and explain what they are why they are important. As a developer, often the impact of a change is not obvious and without further explanation significan...
Powerpoint® Karoke contest 12 Nov 2009 | 01:43 pm
Anyone in the Portland area interested in a fun and creative event is invited to the 1st Timbertalkers Powerpoint® Karoke contest on Tuesday 11/24 at noon. Meeting location is: 9403-B SW Nimbus Ave.,...
Ubuntu 9.10 hates kernel developers? 28 Oct 2009 | 02:42 pm
Ubuntu has never been the easiest distribution to do kernel development, but it looks like with 9.10 it has made things too painful. I need to build and install kernels all the time, and usually just ...
Japan Linux Symposium 20 Oct 2009 | 08:25 pm
I am giving three talks: 1) routing performance, 2) staging drivers, 3) Vyatta CLI. So if you are attending JLS please stop by and give me support.
Netconf / LinuxCon / Linux Plumber's Conference 18 Sep 2009 | 04:20 am
It will be a busy week. The network developer's are getting together at Netconf over the weekend, then LinuxCon followed by Linux Plumber's Conference. Hope the weather holds out, Portland has a tende...
Congratulations Microsoft 21 Jul 2009 | 04:56 am
Nice. Microsoft has released the Hyper-V drivers as GPLv2. I know was a hard step for Microsoft to take, since it means acknowledging GPL and respecting the Linux community. The releasing of the drive...
Networking at Linux Plumbers Conference 6 Jun 2009 | 09:52 am
Hey kernel developers, more proposals related to networking submitted for the Linux Plumbers Conference. This is the chance to have in-person discussions about future proposals like receive packet ste...
Parallelizing netfilter 18 Feb 2009 | 06:44 pm
The Linux networking receive performance has been mostly single threaded until the advent of MSI-X and multiqueue receive hardware. Now with many cards, it is possible to be processing packets on mult...
