Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 11:28:14 -0400 From: Bosko Milekic <bmilekic@unixdaemons.com> To: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org>, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is "LIBMCHAIN" and why is it in the tree ? Message-ID: <20020918112814.B33836@unixdaemons.com> In-Reply-To: <200209181533.aa71116@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>; from iedowse@maths.tcd.ie on Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 03:33:32PM %2B0100 References: <1969.1032356161@critter.freebsd.dk> <200209181533.aa71116@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>
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On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 03:33:32PM +0100, Ian Dowse wrote: > In message <1969.1032356161@critter.freebsd.dk>, Poul-Henning Kamp writes: > > What is "LIBMCHAIN" and why is it in the tree ? > > As the cvs history will tell you, it is a set of routines for > building and parsing mbuf chains. It is useful for processing > requests and replies in vaguely RPC-like protocols, and it's in the > tree because nwfs and smbfs use it (I think it was made an optional > component to avoid the small extra bloat in kernels that don't use > these). The NFS code could probably also benefit from using it. > > Ian libmchain was developed by Boris mainly for his smb et al. code. It is pretty useful but could use some eventual optimisation and, more importantly, a larger audience. Please don't axe this, thanks. -- Bosko Milekic * bmilekic@unixdaemons.com * bmilekic@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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