Re: TCP RDMA option to accelerate NFS, CIFS, SCSI, etc.

[Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>]

> flip is then performed to get the data where the user wants it,
> imposing the restriction that your  payload be page sized so you don't
> leave gaps in the user's destination buffer.  Certainly, with a more

Perhaps its about time the world put together an official, sane, ring buffer
style mmap socket api. A lot of the requirement to align data is coming
from the existing socket API. 

> * This technique has been implemented with custom firmware on  Alteon
>   Gig-E cards for a product I work on.

Nifty.