Re: zero copy.

Andi Kleen (ak@suse.de)
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 10:07:24 +0100


On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 09:59:36AM +0100, Rogier Wolff wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is linux able to do zero copy?

You can do zero copy on TX by using sendfile() or writing a kernel module.
Zero copy on RX is not directly supported by the standard network stack.
It's possible to do it via a kernel module again, but very hackish.

-Andi

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