Re: zero-copy TCP

[Sourav Sen <sourav@csa.iisc.ernet.in>]

Yes I think it is. At least the bandwidths (network - mem vs mem - cpu )
are comparable.(see PhD thesis of Peter Druchel, U of Arizona, CS )

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On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Timur Tabi wrote:

> ** Reply to message from Adam 'WeirdArms' Wiggins <awiggins@cse.unsw.EDU.AU> on
> Wed, 14 Feb 2001 06:32:38 +1100 (EST)
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> 
> > There are no kernel buffers used I beleive. Data goes straigh from
> > the user space into the device buffers.
> 
> Are network cards so fast and CPU/memory so slow that this makes a difference?
> 
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