Does NFS bypass lower layers?

Albert D. Cahalan (acahalan@cs.uml.edu)
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 19:38:23 -0500 (EST)

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Does Linux let NFS bypass lower layers like some other systems do?
Other systems have a fast path for NFS packets. For example, the
checksum is handled by the NFS code for cache reasons. For outgoing
packets, the NFS code creates the whole UDP/IP packet by itself.

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