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["Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > The following code gets moved into the kernel proper...
> > - mbuf's
> > - pools (although he has soemthing similar already so I'll have a 
> > look at
> > thats
> > - sockets (including the main syscalls, i.e. accept, bind, select, 
> > listen
> > etc etc)
> > - sockbufs
> I remain in the position that there is absolutely no reason whatever 
> that sockets need have their own syscalls: the current system works 
> quite well and is vastly more extensible.

Not that I would really object against you, but it has an advantage: 
you can easily use networking functions from kernel drivers or file 
systems; you can use that API from everywhere.

Adios...
   Axel.