On Mar 2, 2005, at 5:14 PM, Sam Leffler wrote:

> As to this suggestion, it can easily be done but if you use an 
> algorithm that modifies the mbuf chain (e.g. by compacting in-place)

Unfortunately, in NetBSD it is very common for mbufs to not be 
compactable in-place, because mbufs are often read-only (buffers loaned 
from userspace to the kernel).

-- thorpej