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Direct Access Requirements
draft-wendt-direct-access-reqs-00

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
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Author Jim Wendt
Last updated 2001-11-14
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This Internet-Draft is no longer active. A copy of the expired Internet-Draft is available in these formats:

Abstract

Current networking systems generally rely on data copy operations to move incoming data from network protocol stack buffers into application buffers. These data copy operations consume significant portions of a host system's processor-memory bandwidth and instruction cycle count, resources that could be applied to running applications.

Authors

Jim Wendt

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