From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [RFC, PATCH 2.6.29.2] Ethernet V2.0 Configuration Testing Protocol, revision 20090428 Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:42:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20090430.024259.228836764.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20090430065950.529359e3.lnx-netdev@95022607b6285f9c5d5ea31ea9d8a7ac.nosense.org> <20090429.143534.32129577.davem@davemloft.net> <20090430190644.4d116984.lnx-netdev@95022607b6285f9c5d5ea31ea9d8a7ac.nosense.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: shemminger@vyatta.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: lnx-netdev@95022607b6285f9c5d5ea31ea9d8a7ac.nosense.org Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:49261 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761830AbZD3JnF (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:43:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090430190644.4d116984.lnx-netdev@95022607b6285f9c5d5ea31ea9d8a7ac.nosense.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Mark Smith Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:06:44 +0930 > In my opinion, the primary reason why these sorts of testing functions > have been put in kernels rather than user space is to ensure ubiquity. By this argument we should have a BGP routing daemon in the kernel too. But we don't. BTW, your email address is rediculious.