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		wmf on Oct 2, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cumulus Linux – first impressions Yes, hardware forwarding is ~100x faster than optimized software forwarding.

pyvpx on Oct 4, 2014 [–]

I missed the switchd/proprietary ASIC part. oops!

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