From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell Stuart Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] NET: Accurate packet scheduling for ATM/ADSL Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:19:45 +1000 Message-ID: <44A0CE01.4010109@stuart.id.au> References: <1150278004.26181.35.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1150286766.5233.15.camel@jzny2> <1150287983.3246.27.camel@ras.pc.brisbane.lube> <1150292693.5197.1.camel@jzny2> <1150843471.17455.2.camel@ras.pc.brisbane.lube> <15653CE98281AD4FBD7F70BCEE3666E53CD54A@comxexch01.comx.local> <1151000966.5392.34.camel@jzny2> <1151066247.4217.254.camel@ras.pc.brisbane.lube> <449C06E3.3090406@trash.net> <1151282720.4210.46.camel@ras.pc.brisbane.lube> <449FC0AF.1050904@trash.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Russell Stuart , hadi@cyberus.ca, Alan Cox , Stephen Hemminger , netdev@vger.kernel.org, Jesper Dangaard Brouer Return-path: Received: from 58.105.229.78.optusnet.com.au ([58.105.229.78]:31462 "EHLO adsl-kenny.stuart.id.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030667AbWF0GU4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jun 2006 02:20:56 -0400 To: Patrick McHardy In-Reply-To: <449FC0AF.1050904@trash.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On 26/06/2006 9:10 PM, Patrick McHardy wrote: >>5. We still did have to modify the kernel for ATM. That was >> because of its rather unusual characteristics. However, >> it you look at the size of modifications made to the kernel >> verses the size made to the user space tool, (37 lines >> versus 303 lines,) the bulk of the work was does in user >> space. > > I'm sorry, but arguing that a limited special case solution is > better because it needs slightly less code is just not reasonable. Without seeing your actual proposal it is difficult to judge whether this is a reasonable trade-off or not. Hopefully we will see your code soon. Do you have any idea when?