Milage may vary. I keyed in my results by hand so that I could format them into a table. I hope there are no typos. Also, don't be surprised if overall all the results appear "slow," this machine is a little "slow" itself. Currently, with only m_free() mod == euclid1 With the m_freem() modification == euclid2 All in KB/sec ttcp standard (TCP): (loopback, receive) euclid1 | euclid2 || avg. euclid 1 || avg. euclid 2 || euclid2 > euclid1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20424.09 | 22460.05 || || || 20700.62 | 23066.28 || 20425.85 || 22638.83 || + 10.83% 20152.84 | 22390.16 || || || (loopback, transmit) euclid1 | euclid2 || avg. euclid 1 || avg. euclid 2 || euclid2 > euclid1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20469.07 | 22521.40 || || || 20749.04 | 23126.61 || 20472.813 || 22703.24 || + 10.89% 20200.33 | 22461.71 || || || ttcp standard (UDP): (loopback, receive) euclid1 | euclid2 || avg. euclid 1 || avg. euclid 2 || euclid2 > euclid1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18520.25 | 20865.44 || || || 19364.98 | 20755.70 || 18964.19 || 20773.4 || + 9.54% 19225.16 | 20507.62 || || || 18746.37 | 20964.84 || || || (loopback, transmit) euclid1 | euclid2 || avg. euclid 1 || avg. euclid 2 || euclid2 > euclid1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19656.16 | 20839.88 || || || 19362.06 | 20760.68 || 19465.698 || 20850.993 || + 7.12% 19417.08 | 20865.36 || || || 19427.49 | 20938.05 || || || ttcp: -l 16384 (TCP): (loopback, receive) euclid1 | euclid2 || avg. euclid 1 || avg. euclid 2 || euclid2 > euclid1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23036.08 | 25068.28 || || || 24439.58 | 24068.37 || 23265.338 || 24301.037 || + 4.45% 23912.94 | 24499.44 || || || 21672.75 | 23568.06 || || || (loopback, transmit) euclid1 | euclid2 || avg. euclid 1 || avg. euclid 2 || euclid2 > euclid1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23061.12 | 25114.29 || || || 24485.00 | 24102.80 || 23296.725 || 24335.607 || + 4.46% 23946.02 | 24529.22 || || || 21694.76 | 23596.12 || || ||