Messages in this thread | | | From | jlnance@unity ... | Date | Tue, 28 Jan 2003 08:16:00 -0500 | Subject | Re: sendfile support in linux |
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On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 05:45:20PM -0800, Stanley Yee wrote: > I'm trying to find out more about sendfile(2). So far, from what I've > gathered, it sounds like the requirements for it are (please correct me if > I'm wrong): > > 1. A kernel with sendfile support (i.e. 2.4.X) > 2. A network card capable of doing the TCP checksum in the hardware > 3. The application must support sendfile
I believe that 2 is only necessary for zero-copy sendfile. The system call will work regardless of whether the network card does the TCP checksum or not.
Thanks,
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