FreeBSD network optimization project

[Ermal Luçi]

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Vitalii Duk <mlevel.ars at gmail.com> wrote:

> Luigi, your project is really interesting, you've done a great job!
> I will try to test ipfw and dummynet with netmap in my netork.
> But there is still a problem with NAT and libalias. I havent tried new
> SMP-friendly pf NAT, maybe it will give a good perfomance. But it will be
> also great to have something working with ipfw.
>
> I think in my previous list I forget to note about two more problems:
> 1. Not full support of LACP in FreeBSD (for example it's not possible to
> set priority, hash algorithm and mode(active/passive)).
>

This is one of the project that you can consider implementing by donating
to a developer.


> 2. No support of *RFC 3069 (IP unnumbered/SuperVLAN).*
>

SuperVLAN can be achieved as detailed here
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/1530



>
> 2014/1/14 Luigi Rizzo <rizzo at iet.unipi.it>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 6:26 AM, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo at iet.unipi.it> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 5:48 AM, Vitalii Duk <mlevel.ars at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello, colleagues!
> >>>
> >>> I'm working in ISP and use FreeBSD on BRAS'es.
> >>> I have noticed that there are few problems in FreeBSD, which do not
> allow
> >>> to use it on high speeds (>10G, >2Mpps).
> >>>
> >>
> >> for this type of applications you really want to look at netmap
> >>
> >> http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/netmap/
> >>
> >> which already does a lot of what you need.
> >>
> >
> > and if you feel like funding some specific work in this area
> > you can contact me off list
> >
> > cheers
> > luigi
> >
> >>
> >> cheers
> >> luigi
> >>
> >>> So I have a suggestion to create a list of improvements that needed to
> be
> >>> done in FreeBSD collectively, to improve network perfomance and be on
> the
> >>> same or higher level as Linux or Vyatta.
> >>> After we create a todo list, it's possible to organize a donation for
> >>> those
> >>> developers who can do that job.
> >>> I'm ready to donate money for this project, and I think that I'm not
> only
> >>> one interested in it. I like FreeBSD and I don't want to migrate to
> >>> another
> >>> OS.
> >>>
> >>> My list of improvements in very general words (needed to be detailed):
> >>> 1. Improve network subsystem and kernel to provide >10G forwarding.
> >>> 2. Improve dummynet to provide massive shaping service and to be not
> >>> single
> >>> threaded (or maybe write something radically new).
> >>> 3. Replace/rewrite libalias to support massive NAT service and remove
> >>> current problems and limitations (non-SMP, offloading problems, etc).
> >>> 4. Better work of tcpdump on >10G speeds (BPF improvements).
> >>>
> >>> Thank you in advance. Waiting for some other suggestions and support
> from
> >>> specialists.
> >>>
> >>> Best regars, dv.
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> -----------------------------------------+-------------------------------
> >>  Prof. Luigi RIZZO, rizzo at iet.unipi.it  . Dip. di Ing.
> dell'Informazione
> >>  http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/        . Universita` di Pisa
> >>  TEL      +39-050-2211611               . via Diotisalvi 2
> >>  Mobile   +39-338-6809875               . 56122 PISA (Italy)
> >>
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> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > -----------------------------------------+-------------------------------
> >  Prof. Luigi RIZZO, rizzo at iet.unipi.it  . Dip. di Ing. dell'Informazione
> >  http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/        . Universita` di Pisa
> >  TEL      +39-050-2211611               . via Diotisalvi 2
> >  Mobile   +39-338-6809875               . 56122 PISA (Italy)
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Ermal