| Subject | Re: zero-copy TCP | Date | Sun, 3 Sep 2000 12:54:20 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> 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
No
> quite a lot of RAM and some intelligence. An Alteon could do it, with > extra RAM or an impressively underloaded network.
PCI bus latency on reads kills you. Nice idea, but you need busses far better than those hanging off conventional computers
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