Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 3 Sep 2000 12:31:05 +0200 | From | "Andi Kleen" <> | Subject | Re: zero-copy TCP |
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On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 05:22:44AM +0200, Jamie Lokier wrote: > I just thought I'd mention that you can do zero copy TCP in and out > *without* any page marking schemes. All you need is a network card with > quite a lot of RAM and some intelligence. An Alteon could do it, with > extra RAM or an impressively underloaded network.
The big problem with that is that you end up with not having a single stack, but N + 1 (N being the number of intelligent cards) stacks. Mainteance nightmare.
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