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On 10/05/14 05:56, Robin H. Johnson wrote: |
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> On Fri, May 09, 2014 at 01:21:33PM +0200, Dirkjan Ochtman wrote: |
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>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507210 |
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>> net-misc/opensshd: do not enable USE=hpn by default |
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>> Both bugs have seen dismissive responses from the base-system team, |
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>> which I find somewhat disappointing. I understand that they are quite |
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>> busy, but it seems to me that these bugs could at least get a serious |
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>> response, rather than a fairly blunt "no" (but it might just be me?). |
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> As the dev that did a number of the ports to a new version for HPN, and |
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> sent that to upstream, I would really like upstream openssh to accept |
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> the hpn patches. They provide a huge performance boost: i've used them |
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> to copy multiple terabytes at >800mbit transatlantic. |
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> As a member of base-system, I feel the performance benefit of the patch, |
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> and that it has no downsides or extra dependencies is sufficent for it |
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> to be enabled by default. |
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As a member of base-system too, I concur with everything you just said. |
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- Samuli |
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