Return-Path: Delivered-To: new-httpd-archive@hyperreal.org Received: (qmail 3433 invoked by uid 6000); 8 Mar 1998 06:04:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 3427 invoked from network); 8 Mar 1998 06:04:09 -0000 Received: from valis.worldgate.com (marcs@198.161.84.2) by taz.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 8 Mar 1998 06:04:09 -0000 Received: from localhost (marcs@localhost) by valis.worldgate.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA20770 for ; Sat, 7 Mar 1998 23:04:06 -0700 (MST) Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 23:04:05 -0700 (MST) From: Marc Slemko To: new-httpd@apache.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: apache-2.0/docs page_io In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: new-httpd-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Dean Gaudet wrote: > > > On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Marc Slemko wrote: > > > But yes, we do need some explicit support for the concept of going from a > > descriptor to the network without copys. I don't see that as being a bad > > thing. > > Oh no I don't see it as bad either... I'm just mumbling. But where I'm > wondering how things will work is say you've got a filter in the stack > which does crypto using an external crypto card, it may be able to > implement transmitfile in a few different ways depending on whether the > layer below it supports transmitfile... Erk. Well. That does indeed get interesting. You could have one hell of a cute system there.