From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Alh6w-0006TK-U9 for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 20:15:30 -0800 Received: from [12.177.129.25] (helo=ccure.user-mode-linux.org) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.30) id 1Alh6w-0007rt-11 for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 20:15:30 -0800 Message-Id: <200401280439.i0S4dPZw005522@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> Subject: Re: [uml-devel] PATCH check for sys_sendfile() in port_user.c In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Jan 2004 15:20:14 +1030." <20040127045014.GZ4203@erizo.shearer.org> References: <20040127045014.GZ4203@erizo.shearer.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Jeff Dike Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 23:39:25 -0500 To: Dan Shearer Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Some kernels (including SuSE 2.4.20, according to http:// > marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=user-mode-linux-user&m=107437381718023&w=2) > don't have sys_sendfile, in which case the port console driver should > refuse to start up because there is no way for telnetd to get the fd. sendfile has nothing to do with passing descriptors across unix sockets. It is a relatively new performance tweak which allows files to be copied without the data flowing through userspace. Jeff ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel