Re: Sendfile

> Yes, sendfile() is a good thing. Perhaps not for the headers (since we
> don't store ready-to-blit objects) but for the object body
> its a definite
> win.

You could have a look at the sendfile emulation layer for
the Pike programming language. It allows to specify a preamble (char *),
an object to be moved and a callback to be invoked upon completion.

> Yes, its not portable outside linux. FreeBSD has a sendfile() but only
> does file -> socket transfers right now.

The same applies to Linux, as pointed out on the latest
kernel traffic digest:
http://kt.linuxcare.com/kernel-traffic/latest.epl#3

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	/kinkie