Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Feb 2001 14:48:43 +0000 (GMT) | From | Matthew Kirkwood <> | Subject | Re: sendfile from char device? |
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On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > But, unfortunately, sendfile (in 2.2 and 2.4) appears not > > to support sendfile(2)ing a device: > > Correct... sendfile(2) is only for sources/destinations that can be > ripped through the page cache.
I knew that, but was surprised that /dev/zero didn't have ->readpage(). Any pointers to assist me to implement one?
Matthew.
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