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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
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Subject: Re: kblob discussion.
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On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote:

> /*
>  * returns an fd to be used with kblobsend, preloads len of *addr into
>  * the kernel to be sent out
>  */
> int kblob __P((int len, void *addr));

This should be:

int kblob __P((const void *addr, size_t len));

(like write(2)).

> /*
>  * see sendfile(2), but instead of the fd referencing a vnode it
>  * references a fd returned from kblob
>  */
> int kblobsend __P((int, int, off_t, size_t, struct sf_hdtr *,
                                              ^ const? (same for sendfile(2))
> 		off_t *, int));

Bruce



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