Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_fork.c kern_usched.c src/sys/sys usched.h

["Nuno Antunes" <nuno.antunes@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/2/07, Hasso Tepper <hasso@estpak.ee> wrote:
> Matthew Dillon wrote:
> >     Presumably if one really had 31 cpus he would also have sufficient
> >     memory and not the measily 64M-1G that we specify when we run the
> >     vkernel.  Plus I don't think a 31-cpu machine would be used to route a
> >     full BGP table.  When Jeff and I discussed this last year we figured
> >     that it was a moot issue.
>
> At first "full BGP table" isn't the largest one in the world. I have seen
> routers which have more than million routes in the table, providers can
> do funny things in their AS's ;).

Heh. I love those route-distinguishers :-)

> And about many-many routes in 31-cpu machine ... depends what benefits
> would be. I can easily think^Wdream about configs where I'd love to. But
> yes, I don't see much benefit from all of them having _one_ large routing
> table. Much more I'd love to see them having different tables - thinking
> about virtual routers (and multiple routing tables in them).

I share your vision about virtual/logical routers.

Cheers,
Nuno