From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 22:27:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 22:27:35 -0500 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:21387 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 22:27:16 -0500 Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 19:09:59 -0800 Message-Id: <200101100309.TAA16576@pizda.ninka.net> From: "David S. Miller" To: dean-list-linux-kernel@arctic.org CC: mingo@elte.hu, riel@conectiva.com.br, hch@caldera.de, netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: (message from dean gaudet on Tue, 9 Jan 2001 19:18:53 -0800 (PST)) Subject: Re: storage over IP (was Re: [PLEASE-TESTME] Zerocopy networking patch, 2.4.0-1) In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 19:18:53 -0800 (PST) From: dean gaudet - NIC DMAs packet to memory - CPU reads headers from memory, figures out it's NFS - CPU copies data bytes from packet image in memory to pagecache Yes, this is precisely what happens in the NFS client with the zerocopy patches applied. Later, David S. Miller davem@redhat.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/