Re: Does NFS bypass lower layers?

Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 09:24:34 -0500 (EST)


On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:

>
> 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.

Nice for UDP, but would become _terrible_ pain in ass for NFS-over-TCP.

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