From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from localhost (dcvr.yhbt.net [127.0.0.1]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 745DA1F770 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2019 19:55:09 +0000 (UTC) From: Eric Wong To: ruby-io-splice@bogomips.org Subject: [PATCH] README: add a note on sleepy_penguin providing splice + tee Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2019 19:55:09 +0000 Message-Id: <20190102195509.6949-1-e@80x24.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit List-Id: --- README | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 572c401..c2a62ec 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ The splice family of Linux system calls can transfer data between file descriptors without the need to copy data into userspace. Instead of a userspace buffer, they rely on an ordinary Unix pipe as a kernel-level -buffer. +buffer. The `splice' and `tee' syscalls are also provided by the +{sleepy_penguin}[https://bogomips.org/sleepy_penguin/] library. +"io_splice" remains maintained for old applications or users +experimenting with the vmsplice syscalls == Features -- EW