Comment on OpenBSD 7.8Comments−justin6610moNot scheduled to drop until tomorrow, so anything on this page is probably subject to change. Still:TCP stack is now running in parallel on multiple CPUs. Up to 8 threads are used to process TCP traffic.That feels like it might be a big change.−rhabarbaOP10moI upgraded my OpenBSD machines a few hours ago, and I'm still not entirely sure whether I notice any obvious TCP speed improvement. Then again, they're not really high-load computers. Maybe people with a higher throughput will be amazed.
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Not scheduled to drop until tomorrow, so anything on this page is probably subject to change. Still:
TCP stack is now running in parallel on multiple CPUs. Up to 8 threads are used to process TCP traffic.
That feels like it might be a big change.
I upgraded my OpenBSD machines a few hours ago, and I'm still not entirely sure whether I notice any obvious TCP speed improvement. Then again, they're not really high-load computers. Maybe people with a higher throughput will be amazed.