On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Ingo Molnar wrote: > :-) I think sendfile() should also have its logical extensions: > receivefile(). I dont know how the HPUX implementation works, but in > Linux, right now it's only possible to sendfile() from a file to a socket. > The logical extension of this is to allow socket->file IO and file->file, > socket->socket IO as well. (the later one could be interesting for things > like web proxies.) Just extend sendfile to allow any fd to any fd. sendfile already does file->socket and file->file. It only needs to be extended to do socket->file. -Dan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
- Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy networking... Ingo Molnar
- Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy networking patch, 2.4.0-1 Trond Myklebust
- Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy networking patch, 2.4.... David S. Miller
- Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy networking patch, ... Trond Myklebust
- Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy networking pat... David S. Miller
- Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy networking... Trond Myklebust
- Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy networking patch, 2.4.0-1 Stephen Landamore
- Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy networking patch, 2.4.... Ingo Molnar
- Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy networking patch, ... Andrew Morton
- Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy networking patch, ... Dan Hollis
- Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy networking pat... David S. Miller
- Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy networking... Dan Hollis
- Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy netwo... Ingo Molnar
- Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy n... Dan Hollis
- Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy networking patch, 2.4.0-1 Manfred Spraul
- Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy networking patch, 2.4.0-1 Manfred Spraul
- Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy networking patch, 2.4.... David S. Miller
- Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy networking patch, 2.4.... Ingo Molnar
- Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy networking patch, ... Manfred Spraul
- Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy networking pat... Ingo Molnar