From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Harald Welte Subject: Re: PF_RING: Include in main line kernel? Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:43:37 +0200 Message-ID: <20091018124337.GE27747@prithivi.gnumonks.org> References: <8B385E10-4BE2-48A6-BDE0-0AA1A603275E@ntop.org> <20091014203640.GB32317@ioremap.net> <4AD64251.50903@candelatech.com> <20091014.144923.112167161.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: greearb@candelatech.com, zbr@ioremap.net, deri@ntop.org, shemminger@vyatta.com, brad.doctor@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from ganesha.gnumonks.org ([213.95.27.120]:60311 "EHLO ganesha.gnumonks.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754437AbZJRMrS (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:47:18 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091014.144923.112167161.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Dave, On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 02:49:23PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > > Maybe something similar to the attached patch? > > This is not something I'm interested in applying. > > It makes implementing proprietary complete networking stacks > for Linux way too easy. How does it make it any easier? Even right now you can implement an entire protocol family in your own module, either by registering as netpoll handler, or even using the regular dev_add_pack(). -- - Harald Welte http://laforge.gnumonks.org/ ============================================================================ "Privacy in residential applications is a desirable marketing option." (ETSI EN 300 175-7 Ch. A6)