From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Message-Id: <20060505151218.5560223C90F@dexter-peak.quanstro.net>
Date: Fri,  5 May 2006 10:12:18 -0500
Subject: [9fans] kernel development: how not to
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the linux guys decided to implement system calls
"splice" and "tee".  splice concatinates the pages from
two files -- the vm equivalent of "cat a b".  tee
is the vm equivalent of its namesake. 

	http://lwn.net/Articles/181169/#Comments

the best part is the conclusion -- "needs a bit more work".
ha!   

- erik