Quote: use up-calls to transfer incoming network data, user input, or status changes to higher level processes; avoids context switches; used for high-performance networks

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Most of the time most programmers build their … [But this] is not satisfactory when actions that affect … [e.g., incoming network data, user input, and status changes for disks and tapes]. … [p. 116] The alternative technique is known as up- … [Clark, D., Proc. Symp. Operating Systems Principles, 1985] … layer (e.g., Ethernet) packets. The receiving thread … calls up to the network layer (e.g., DECnet … [which] calls up to the transport layer (e.g., … there are no unnecessary context switches. all the …   Google-1   Google-2

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