From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brent Cook Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Rough VJ Channel Implementation - vj_core.patch Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:46:28 -0500 Message-ID: <200604281546.29073.bcook@bpointsys.com> References: <54AD0F12E08D1541B826BE97C98F99F143B0F3@NT-SJCA-0751.brcm.ad.broadcom.com> <20060428101833.2f0d6ae8@localhost.localdomain> <20060428.121052.39249337.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: shemminger@osdl.org, caitlinb@broadcom.com, johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru, kelly@au1.ibm.com, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from 70-253-197-251.ded.swbell.net ([70.253.197.251]:1294 "EHLO bpointsys.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751450AbWD1Uqo (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:46:44 -0400 To: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <20060428.121052.39249337.davem@davemloft.net> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Friday 28 April 2006 14:10, David S. Miller wrote: > 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. > - Heh, like PF_RING? Just mmap a socket and read out some structures?