the gap

Too much software, too many switchs, too many dials... too much variablility.... how do you make a linux system stable at this timing level? The previous UDP charts were from last weeks tests so what happens if we run the exact same 128B ping-pong with UDP, using the same kernel, same driver, not even a reboot and ...

UDP 128B latency A -> B -> A

TCP 128B latency A -> B -> A

... the numbers pretty closely match our 7,000ns delta, which is roughly the difference seen in the Rx/Ty handlers so we are in the right ball park and it looks good - kind of.