From: David Newall <david@davidnewall.com>
To: Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com>
Cc: Renzo Davoli <renzo@cs.unibo.it>,
Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: New Address Family: Inter Process Networking (IPN)
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:29:55 +1030 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47579DEB.9020102@davidnewall.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2BD0AF2A-959D-4744-9D2A-3AE84CF96CBB@mac.com>
Kyle Moffett wrote:
> On Dec 06, 2007, at 00:30:16, Renzo Davoli wrote:
>> AF_IPN is different. AF_IPN is the broadcast and peer-to-peer
>> extension of AF_UNIX. It supports communication among *user* processes.
>
> Ok, you say it's different, but then you describe how IP unicast and
> broadcast work.
Renzo also described something new (in the socket() arena): the
multi-reader, multi-writer is just not available in IP.
I wonder if this solves the same problem as d-bus?
> So if you really think this is something that belongs in the kernel
> you need to provide much more detailed descriptions and use-cases for
> why it cannot be implemented in user-space or with small modifications
> to existing UDP/TCP networking.
I would strengthen this sentiment: If you think something belongs in the
kernel, you need to argue your case (provide much more detailed
descriptions and use-cases.)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-06 7:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-05 16:40 New Address Family: Inter Process Networking (IPN) Renzo Davoli
2007-12-05 21:55 ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-12-06 5:38 ` Renzo Davoli
2007-12-06 5:43 ` Renzo Davoli
2007-12-06 6:04 ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-12-05 23:39 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-06 5:30 ` Renzo Davoli
2007-12-06 6:19 ` Kyle Moffett
2007-12-06 6:59 ` David Newall [this message]
2007-12-06 16:34 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-06 22:21 ` David Newall
2007-12-06 22:42 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-06 16:35 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-06 20:36 ` Chris Friesen
2007-12-06 21:26 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-06 21:49 ` Chris Friesen
2007-12-06 22:07 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-06 22:18 ` Renzo Davoli
2007-12-06 22:38 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-07 0:18 ` Renzo Davoli
2007-12-06 23:02 ` Chris Friesen
2007-12-06 23:06 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-06 23:42 ` Chris Friesen
2007-12-07 3:41 ` David Miller
2007-12-07 4:21 ` Chris Friesen
2007-12-07 4:54 ` Ben Pfaff
2007-12-07 6:40 ` David Miller
2007-12-07 10:03 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-07 21:18 ` AF_IPN: Inter Process Networking, try these Renzo Davoli
2007-12-08 2:07 ` David Miller
2007-12-10 16:05 ` New Address Family: Inter Process Networking (IPN) Chris Friesen
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