From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Aug 17 19:28:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA14359 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 19:28:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com ([203.8.14.118]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA14337 for ; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 19:28:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA00964; Sun, 16 Aug 1998 20:27:03 GMT (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199808162027.UAA00964@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Julian Elischer cc: Andre Oppermann , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendfile() API? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 16 Aug 1998 13:08:12 MST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 20:25:07 +0000 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > I've been having a quick discussion with linus re: the sendfile() > API that he is puting in linux.. > I will be implementing an identical API on freebsd for > SAMBA to use. > warning: he has decided to not use an API identical to HPUX > but it will give similar (expanded) functionality. Is this the API that the apache folks discussed, ie. pre-send iovec, fd, post-send iovec, etc.? I understand we were waiting for them to quantify their "it would be faster" claims. There's a lot of hype about how sendfile() would be "so cool", but no actual proof that it would improve anything. 8) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message