Re: [gentoo-project] Re: Call For Agenda Items - 13 May 2014

[Joshua Kinard <kumba@gentoo.org>]

On 05/10/2014 02:03, Samuli Suominen wrote:
> 
> On 10/05/14 05:56, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
>> On Fri, May 09, 2014 at 01:21:33PM +0200, Dirkjan Ochtman wrote:
>>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507210
>>> net-misc/opensshd: do not enable USE=hpn by default
>>>
>>> Both bugs have seen dismissive responses from the base-system team,
>>> which I find somewhat disappointing. I understand that they are quite
>>> busy, but it seems to me that these bugs could at least get a serious
>>> response, rather than a fairly blunt "no" (but it might just be me?).
>> As the dev that did a number of the ports to a new version for HPN, and
>> sent that to upstream, I would really like upstream openssh to accept
>> the hpn patches. They provide a huge performance boost: i've used them
>> to copy multiple terabytes at >800mbit transatlantic.
>>
>> As a member of base-system, I feel the performance benefit of the patch,
>> and that it has no downsides or extra dependencies is sufficent for it
>> to be enabled by default.
>>
> 
> As a member of base-system too, I concur with everything you just said.

I e-mailed HPN upstream on 04/09 to ask if they ever submitted the HPN patch
to OpenSSH's bug.  Never heard back.  Nothing turns up when searching for
HPN there, either.  Can someone else try to poke them into submitting the
HPN patch?  At least then, we can track its upstream status.

-- 
Joshua Kinard
Gentoo/MIPS
kumba@gentoo.org
4096R/D25D95E3 2011-03-28

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