From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 18:13:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 18:13:14 -0500 Received: from palrel3.hp.com ([156.153.255.226]:37650 "HELO palrel3.hp.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 18:13:08 -0500 Message-ID: <3A64D582.6CFB35D@cup.hp.com> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:13:06 -0800 From: Rick Jones Organization: the Unofficial HP X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; HP-UX B.11.00 9000/785) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [Fwd: Is sendfile all that sexy? (fwd)] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > : >Agreed -- the hard-coded Nagle algorithm makes no sense these days. > : > : The fact I dislike about the HP-UX implementation is that it is so > : _obviously_ stupid. > : > : And I have to say that I absolutely despise the BSD people. They did > : sendfile() after both Linux and HP-UX had done it, and they must have > : known about both implementations. And they chose the HP-UX braindamage, > : and even brag about the fact that they were stupid and didn't understand > : TCP_CORK (they don't say so in those exact words, of course - they just > : show that they were stupid and clueless by the things they brag about). > : > : Oh, well. Not everybody can be as goodlooking as me. It's a curse. nor it would seem, as humble :) Hello Linus, my name is Rick Jones. I am the person at Hewlett-Packard who drafted the "so _obviously_ stupid" sendfile() interface of HP-UX. Some of your critique (quoted above) found its way to my inbox and I thought I would introduce myself to you to give you an opportunity to expand a bit on your criticism. In return, if you like, I would be more than happy to describe a bit of the history of sendfile() on HP-UX. Perhaps (though I cannot say with any certainty) it will help explain why HP-UX sendfile() is spec'd the way it is. rick jones never forget what leads to the downfall of the protagonist in Greek tragedy... -- ftp://ftp.cup.hp.com/dist/networking/misc/rachel/ these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... :) feel free to email, OR post, but please do NOT do BOTH... my email address is raj in the cup.hp.com domain... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/