Many Network, WiFi, & eBPF Changes For The Linux 4.4 Kernel

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Many Network, WiFi, & eBPF Changes For The Linux 4.4 Kernel

The networking subsystem update landed earlier this week in the Linux 4.4 Git code and it comes with several new features...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.4-Networking

[Rich Oliver]

- The TCP listerner handling is now completely lockless.

Whoa, Is this true? or have I misunderstood the context?

Edit I took that to mean there would polling free port listening, but maybe I misunderstood.

[wagaf]

Whoa, Is this true? or have I misunderstood the context?

Edit I took that to mean there would polling free port listening, but maybe I misunderstood.

I guess it would be called "async socket IO" or something.
Until then FDSET or epoll does the job.

[nanonyme]

I guess it would be called "async socket IO" or something.
Until then FDSET or epoll does the job.

Hmm, overlapped io or something?

[losko]

So, unfortunately, the rtl8187 will still sucks on linux...

[NomadDemon]

how about fix "suspend = no wifi sometimes" error?

[Ericg]

how about fix "suspend = no wifi sometimes" error?

That could be a bios (ACPI) issue, or a driver issue. Is there a bug report made for it? Those types of problems tend to be pains in the asses to track down and fix since they can sometimes be computer model specific.

[r1348]

Anyone knows a consumer product (no router SOCs) that uses the ath10k driver? I would like to upgrade my setup to ac wireless, but the only desktop cards I can find are Asus ones that use a Broadcom chipset, and that's a no-no.

[valentt]

Anyone knows a consumer product (no router SOCs) that uses the ath10k driver? I would like to upgrade my setup to ac wireless, but the only desktop cards I can find are Asus ones that use a Broadcom chipset, and that's a no-no.

Check out TP-LINK line of products, they use Atheros chips for most of their products...