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Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 04:29:38 -0700 (PDT)
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   From: john slee <indigoid@higherplane.net>
   Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 21:40:09 +1000
   
   tux is more an application than an interface or mechanism.  applications
   historically haven't been distributed as part of the main kernel tree.

Arguable nfsd is an application.

Providing a direct in-kernel link between the page cache and providing
content (be it HTTP, FTP, NFS files, whatever) over sockets is a very
powerful concept.