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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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To: Attila Nagy <bra@fsn.hu>
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Subject: Re: sendfile() in tftpd?
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Attila Nagy wrote:
> Would it be possible to use sendfile in tftpd?
> With an Athlon XP 1600+ I could only get ~40 Mbps out from the machine
> with 0% idle CPU time (large file transfers from many machines, getting
> the same file).

Only if all file transfers were binary, or all ASCII files were
stored on the host with <CR><LF> line termination, instead of <LF>.

That's the same reason sendfile() is stupid for POP3, IMAP4, and
SMTP servers...

-- Terry

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