On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Carl Cerecke wrote:

There exists a kernel httpd module. Your webserver becomes part of the
kernel. This is, for various reasons, a bad idea. But if speed (or
benchmarketing) is your main aim, that's the way to go.

I think they have removed it from the latest kernel. Apart from the various obvious reasons that make it a Bad Idea, the zero copy facility within the kernel renders it entirely unneeded.

Say "man sendfile" for more info.


John Carter                             Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639
Tait Electronics                        Fax   : (64)(3) 359 4632
PO Box 1645 Christchurch                Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
New Zealand

Carter's Clarification of Murphy's Law.

"Things only ever go right so that they may go more spectacularly wrong later."

From this principle, all of life and physics may be deduced.

Reply via email to