Re: [kvm-devel] QEMU PIC indirection patch for in-kernel APIC work

Ingo Molnar
2007-04-06T18:59:18Z

* Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> wrote:

> > prototyping new kernel APIs to implement user-space network drivers,
> > on a crufty codebase is not something that should be done lightly.
>
> I think you overestimate my radicalism. I was considering readv() and
> writev() on the tap device.

ok :-) How would packeting be handled, or would this be alike a raw
socket in essence, but not in 'peek' but 'filter through' mode? I think
it's not quite trivial. (but maybe i'm way too radical again :)

Ingo