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authorEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2019-01-02 19:54:00 +0000
committerEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2019-01-02 19:54:00 +0000
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 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