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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] rte_mbuf - contiguous ?
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Thomas,

Thank you for the information.  Because I would like to copy an rte_mbuf to
a memory mapped file for an application.  Is there some dpdk API for this
copy operation (linear/nonlinear) or are these left with the application
developers ?

Thanks,
Pepe


On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Thomas Monjalon
<thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> 24/10/2013 09:49, Jose Gavine Cueto :
> > Is the rte_mbuf/packet data always map to a contiguous area in memory,
> and
> > so if I can do a linear copy of it ?
>
> No, in scatter/gather case, mbuf can be splitted in non contiguous areas.
>
> --
> Thomas
>



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