Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 21:35:44 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: bp@butya.kz (Boris Popov) Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CFR: Sequential mbuf read/write extensions Message-ID: <200102072135.OAA24445@usr08.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102061703030.82511-100000@lion.butya.kz> from "Boris Popov" at Feb 06, 2001 05:50:52 PM
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> Before starting import process for smbfs, I would like to > introduce new API which greatly simplifies process of packaging data into > mbufs and fetching it back (in fact, similar API already presented in the > tree, but it is private to the netncp code and it will be really nice to > share it). [ ... ] Please include the ability to determine the length of the current contents (as a marcro?) so that buffers can be padded, as necessary, since some hardware and some protocols require this. Also consider protecting the structure with a mutex, at least in kernel space (this would make the macro harder to write, which is why I put it into a parenthetical, question-marjed statement). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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