From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "David S. Miller" Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Rough VJ Channel Implementation - vj_core.patch Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:10:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20060428.121052.39249337.davem@davemloft.net> References: <54AD0F12E08D1541B826BE97C98F99F143B0F3@NT-SJCA-0751.brcm.ad.broadcom.com> <20060428101833.2f0d6ae8@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: caitlinb@broadcom.com, johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru, kelly@au1.ibm.com, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:20109 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751801AbWD1TMH (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:12:07 -0400 To: shemminger@osdl.org In-Reply-To: <20060428101833.2f0d6ae8@localhost.localdomain> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:18:33 -0700 > Please just use existing AIO interface. I totally disagree, the existing AIO interface is garbage. We need new APIs to do this right, to get the ring buffer and the zero-copy'ness correct.