[netperf-talk] TCP_SENDFILE

[Cindy Hodgins Burian]

Rick Jones wrote:
> Cindy Hodgins Burian wrote:
>> I've configured netperf-2.4.1 on a Solaris 8 platform.  Nothing added 
>> to the configure statement other than --prefix.  When I try to use 
>> TCP_SENDFILE I get
>>
>> ./netperf -H sauron -F ../4200.tar -t TCP_SENDFILE
>> The test you requested is unknown to this netperf.
>> Please verify that you have the correct test name,
>> and that test family has been compiled into this netperf.
>>
>> The file included in the info directory doesn't seem to say that I 
>> needed an enable flag set when I compiled to use this, but the 
>> message above sounds like I do.  If so, I can't figure out what it 
>> should be, and if not, what's going on?
>
> The configure script did not beleive there was a sendfile() call on 
> the system, so config.h does not have HAVE_SENDFILE set.
>
> Does Solaris 8 actually have a sendfile() call?  If so, we'll need to 
> augment the configure script.  What I see in nettest_bsd.c suggests it 
> may be Solaris 9 and later.
>
> happy benchmarking,
>
> rick jones 
Aha!  I actually have no idea, but will find this out.  Thanks.