Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 21 Jun 2005 22:25:29 +0200 | | From | Jörn Engel <> | | Subject | Re: 2.6 sendfile |
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On Tue, 21 June 2005 23:07:23 +0300, nanakos@wired-net.gr wrote: > > Very interesting patches,but what i need to is a pacth or some points so i > can change the existing source code according to my needs.Can someone help > me on that? > The existing sendfile system call copies data from a file descriptor to a > socket descriptor.I have already a program that i have to port that uses > the sendfile syscall from 2.4.x series kernels.In 2.6.x doesnt work.What > are the minimal changes that have to be done so i can use again the > syscall in 2.6.x kernel's???
The first two patches (generic_sendpage.patch and sendfile.patch) should be all you need. But they were rather quick hack and I haven't seriously looked at them for quite a while.
Maybe I should change that. Several people appear to be generally interested in the subject.
Jörn
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