On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 10:56:58 -0400 Sam Hopkins wrote: > Hello, > > I'm forwarding along a message sent to kernelnewbies as I was directed > to address my question to this list. I am not a member of netdev, so > please copy me on all discussion of this topic. > > Cheers, > > Sam > > --- > > Greetings, > > I am a developer of the kernel AoE (ATA over Ethernet) driver. I am > attempting to add dma offloading of data receive, following in TCP's > footsteps via config option NET_DMA. There is a function in > net/core/user_dma.c, dma_skb_copy_datagram_iovec, that appears to be > exactly what I need, but this function is not EXPORTed for use by > external modules. > > Since the NET_DMA option is documented as "Network: TCP receive copy > offload" perhaps it's just an oversight that anyone else might benefit > from it?
Makes sense to me. Maybe someone in the hierarchy will agree, or you may need to just send a patch and see if it is accepted. --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
