David S. Miller wrote:
On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:29:14 +0300
Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
TOEs can remove the data copy on receive. In some applications (notably
storage), where the application does not touch most of the data, this is
a significant advantage that cannot be achieved in a software-only
solution.
You don't need to offload the TCP stack to make this case get
zero-copy behavior.
yes, Willy Tarreau outlined how buffering on the nic and splitting the
dma can achieve zero copy.
are there any adapters out there which work this way?
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