Running Click on SGI IRIX/Linux

[Eddie Kohler]

Hi Manohar,

> Thanks for the info.  I am considering whether and how to use Click for
> my project.  One more quick question - if Click is run at user level,
> what percentage of time does it spend in OS routines?  Is it approaching
> 100%, or is it much less than that?

It depends on what application you're running. A TCPdump-like
configuration, like the following --

	FromDevice(eth1, FORCE_IP true) -> IPPrint -> Discard;

spends all its time in select():

% time click /tmp/x
0.000u 0.000s 0m10.71s 0.00%

But one can run CPU-intensive Click scripts as well.
Eddie