From: Jan Engelhardt <jeng...@inai.de> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:37:57 +0100 (CET)
> On Monday 2018-02-19 16:32, David Miller wrote: > >>From: Harald Welte <lafo...@gnumonks.org> >>Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:23:21 +0100 >> >>> Also, as long as legacy ip_tables/x_tables is still in the kernel, you >>> can still run your old userspace against that old implementation in the >>> kernel. >> >>But without offloading, and the various other benefits which I have >>tried to clearly explain to both you and Florian. > > Which is actually the business model to get people *off* the old ABI in > reasonable time. Hosting companies can't change what customers run in their containers. But if they are told that a kernel upgrade will get them offloading and increase their performance termendously, then that gives them real value.
