Hello!
> non-default stuff in the first place. E.g. ->mmap() just looks wrong. Oh,
> well...
If it is wrong, then repair it. 8)
> For received packets, they just "appear" in the mmap'd area,
Actually, it is not only for IO. Mmap is (the only) legal method
to get any memory, directly mapped to user space. File offset
in this case is some internal "socket bus" address. It can
be used for all the sorts of things.
Alexey
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