Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261158AbVABLcW (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Jan 2005 06:32:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261189AbVABLcW (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Jan 2005 06:32:22 -0500 Received: from web52207.mail.yahoo.com ([206.190.39.89]:49514 "HELO web52207.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261158AbVABLcT (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Jan 2005 06:32:19 -0500 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; b=N1+UhrEWMEfSMQ6xWalowlyo4TQ80HeS+6bDv3qKcESOYJQE+Ep8CCJvlm+cBo+fszQqZcIyXObjHt/UvKPAt7CEhDBUGO0IloP/yyv1z/6Fj1L/5RbOxgvzzvQ9v73/CQ3uuqgULxoKgLH3BxD3c6Trj9eEN2sdoGW48MYGJlA= ; Message-ID: <20050102113219.78691.qmail@web52207.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 03:32:19 -0800 (PST) From: linux lover Subject: what is mean by linear socket buffers? To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 715 Lines: 24 Hello, On Internet i found one document that states following statement "Linux chooses to use linear buffers and save space in advance because linear buffers make many other things much faster." I want to know what is linear buffers? are they different than what we declare in normal C programming syntax unsigned char *str. regards, linux_lover __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/