From owner-freebsd-net Thu Feb 1 11: 7:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from implode.root.com (root.com [209.102.106.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2BF437B69B for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2001 11:07:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA23975; Thu, 1 Feb 2001 10:19:29 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200102011819.KAA23975@implode.root.com> To: bsddiy Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendfile() In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 01 Feb 2001 13:31:39 +0800." <1217774688.20010201133139@163.net> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 10:19:28 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >I don't want to bring flame war, but the following Linus' words may be >right: The FreeBSD API is the way it is after a collaboration with the Apache folks. The sendfile() implementation in FreeBSD works just fine and I think it has one of the most complete API's of any of them out there. Sounds like typical Linus misinformation. If you have a point to make, then make it. I would be happy to consider any real shortcomings in sendfile(), but right now I don't know about any. -DG David Greenman Co-founder, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org President, TeraSolutions, Inc. - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. >----- >The fact I dislike about the HP-UX implementation is that it is so obviously stupid. > >And I have to say that I absolutely despise the BSD people. They did sendfile() >after both Linux and HP-UX had done it, and they must have known about both >implementations. And they chose the HP-UX braindamage, and even brag about > the fact that they were stupid and didn't understand TCP_CORK (they don't > say so in those exact words, of course - they just show that they were stupid > and clueless by the things they brag about). > >Oh, well. Not everybody can be as goodlooking as me. It's a curse. > >----- > >Also note how I said that it is the BSD people I despise. Not the HP-UX implementation. >The HP-UX one is not pretty, but it works. But I hold open source people to higher standards. >They are supposed to be the people who do programming because it's an art-form, not because >it's their job. > > >David Xu > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message