Re: async network I/O, event channels, etc

Stephen Hemminger
2006-07-25T20:27:03Z

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:23:53 -0700
Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> wrote:

> I was very much surprised by the reactions I got after my OLS talk.
> Lots of people declared interest and even agreed with the approach and
> asked me to do further ahead with all this. For those who missed it,
> the paper and the slides are available on my home page:
>
> http://people.redhat.com/drepper/
>
>
> As for the next steps I see a number of possible ways. The discussions
> can be held on the usual mailing lists (i.e., lkml and netdev) but due
> to the raw nature of the current proposal I would imagine that would be
> mainly perceived as noise.
>
> So the second proposal is the I can create an appropriate mailing list
> here. Alternatively possibly two lists, one for the event channel stuff
> and one for the DMA/AIO part since the two parts are very much unrelated.
>
> I'd appreciate input from those who feel responsible for these lists. I
> don't mind either way. If there is strong interest right now (let me
> know, don't pollute the list) I can create mailing lists now and then if
> necessary close them down and redirect traffic to lkml/netdev.
>
> Waiting for input...
>

I would prefer directing the API discussion to netdev@vger.kernel.org