Re: Zero Copy IO

2001-04-09 Thread Alan Cox
> advantageous to enable zero copy IO than copy_from_user() and copy_to_user > () all the data. Other OS such as AIX and OS2 have kernel functions that > can be used to accomplish such a task. Has any ground work been done in > Linux 2.4 to enable "zero copying IO"? kiovecs support this. Note t

Re: Zero Copy IO

2001-04-09 Thread Jeremy Jackson
Douglas Gilbert wrote: > "Alex Q Chen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am trying to find a way to pin down user space > > memory from kernel, so that these user space buffer > > can be used for direct IO transfer or otherwise > > known as "zero copying IO". Searching through the > > Internet

Re: Zero Copy IO

2001-04-08 Thread Douglas Gilbert
"Alex Q Chen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to find a way to pin down user space > memory from kernel, so that these user space buffer > can be used for direct IO transfer or otherwise > known as "zero copying IO". Searching through the > Internet and reading comments on various n

Re: Zero Copy IO

2001-04-08 Thread Andi Kleen
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 04:31:27PM -0700, Alex Q Chen wrote: > I am trying to find a way to pin down user space memory from kernel, so > that these user space buffer can be used for direct IO transfer or > otherwise known as "zero copying IO". Searching through the Internet and > reading comments