[e2e] Question about fast path / slow path and IPv6

[Cannara]

Vadim, that's too bad, I just mentioned L7, because I've known folks who had
good results with them, and have heard some bad things about some other stack
vendors, whom I didn't mention.  Caveat emptor indeed!  

My point is, by the way, that there's no good reason to think any vendor's
stacks work exactly as any other's, with respect to many things, including the
current topic of allocating pkts to fast ot slow path.  These differing code
stes can not just appear across different box vendors, but within them as
well, as for example when Cisco bought a successful switch vendor and
subsequent boxes with Cisco labels worked differently, even incompatibly
together.

Alex

Vadim Antonov wrote:
> 
> Alex Cannara wrote:
> 
> >respectable network-software vendors, like Level7, etc.
> 
> Well, since Alex mentions L7 in nearly every post, I feel compelled to say
> that my current employer had to abandon L7 stack due to intractable
> stability problems even with trivial configurations, resulting in
> a year of wasted efforts by the routing software group.  Caveat emptor.
> 
> --vadim
> 
> PS  I'm speaking for myself, and the above statement is my personal
>     opinion.