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Re:QUIC Is Not Quick Enough over Fast Internet by chaboud on Monday September 09, 2024 @12:55AM (#41485557)
Likely Generic Segmentation Offload (if memory serves), which is a generalization of TCP segmentation offload.

Basically (hyper simple), the kernel can lump stuff together when working with the network interface, which cuts down on ultra slow hardware interactions.

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Re:QUIC Is Not Quick Enough over Fast Internet by raggi on Monday September 09, 2024 @12:59AM (#41485576)
it was originally for the hardware, but it's also valuable on the software side as the cost of syscalls is far too high for packet sized transactions
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