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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: rte_mbuf - contiguous ?
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:03:20 +0200
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Hello,

24/10/2013 09:49, Jose Gavine Cueto :
> Is the rte_mbuf/packet data always map to a contiguous area in memory, and
> so if I can do a linear copy of it ?

No, in scatter/gather case, mbuf can be splitted in non contiguous areas.

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Thomas