Re: Bug#457384: ITP: netsend -- a speedy filetransfer and network diagnostic program

2007-12-23 Thread Hagen Paul Pfeifer
* brian m. carlson | 2007-12-23 14:26:34 [+]: >Also, madvise(2) is apparently BSD, and even if it's not, it can be >substituted with posix_madvise(2). So if splice is the only system call >that isn't portable, it should probably be easy to port. You scratch the surface! It isn't simple mad

Re: Bug#457384: ITP: netsend -- a speedy filetransfer and network diagnostic program

2007-12-23 Thread brian m. carlson
On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 07:16:20PM +0100, Hagen Paul Pfeifer wrote: * Ron Johnson | 2007-12-21 21:30:08 [-0600]: From reading the web page, it seems that netsend might only work between Linux systems. Am I reading it wrong? You are right. Netsend is optimized for linux: splice(), madvice(),

Re: Bug#457384: ITP: netsend -- a speedy filetransfer and network diagnostic program

2007-12-23 Thread Hagen Paul Pfeifer
* Ron Johnson | 2007-12-22 13:01:44 [-0600]: >Then would it be helpful to specify in the long descrip that it's >main purpose is Linux<->Linux transfers? Why not. Martin, it is up to you to edit these lines ... ;-) HGN -- Hagen Paul Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> || http://jauu.net/ Telephone

Re: Bug#457384: ITP: netsend -- a speedy filetransfer and network diagnostic program

2007-12-22 Thread Ron Johnson
On Saturday December 22 2007 12:16:20 Hagen Paul Pfeifer wrote: > * Ron Johnson | 2007-12-21 21:30:08 [-0600]: > >From reading the web page, it seems that netsend might only > > work between Linux systems. Am I reading it wrong? > > You are right. Netsend is optimized for linux: splice(), > madvic

Re: Bug#457384: ITP: netsend -- a speedy filetransfer and network diagnostic program

2007-12-22 Thread Hagen Paul Pfeifer
* Ron Johnson | 2007-12-21 21:30:08 [-0600]: >From reading the web page, it seems that netsend might only work >between Linux systems. Am I reading it wrong? You are right. Netsend is optimized for linux: splice(), madvice(), congestion control algorithms (bic, cubic, ...), etc. There is curren

Re: Bug#457384: ITP: netsend -- a speedy filetransfer and network diagnostic program

2007-12-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On Friday December 21 2007 20:50:44 Martin Peylo wrote: [snip] > > The user is able to tweak various options of the Linux network > stack to gain maximum performance. While this is not needed for > trivial filetransfer, it is valuable for network protocol > performance testing. From reading the we

Bug#457384: ITP: netsend -- a speedy filetransfer and network diagnostic program

2007-12-21 Thread Martin Peylo
Package: wnpp Severity: normal X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org I have already completed packaging of current SVN revision 203. It is lintian and linda clean and builds under Etch and Sid (through pbuilder). I will upload it to http://mentors.debian.net as soon as I get the ITP b