Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 03:49:45 +0900 From: itojun@iijlab.net To: raviprasad20@netscape.net, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why mbuf? Message-ID: <9681.995654985@itojun.org> In-Reply-To: julian's message of Fri, 20 Jul 2001 13:11:30 MST. <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107201307580.99842-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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>> My question is why did you choose mbuf? >> is it because you are writing the code in unix systems? >> Is it because mbufs allow us to avoid coping as much as possible? >> >> I feel that a linear buffer might have saved some of the mbuf >> modifications. general suggestion: you send a lot of questions to the list these days, but most of them are answered in books by Richard Stevens. I suggest you to go through at least "TCP/IP Illustrated vol.II". i guess Stevens can give better answer than almost anyone else. ISBN 0-201-63354-X itojun To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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