[openbeos] Re: Network Update

If the code runs in either space, then run it in userspace if you want;
the kernel-space ability should increase performance for those who want
to be on the "bleeding" edge.

Cool!

--- unlyrn <unlyrn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Well, in an exciting week the code now runs in kernel space, with
> all
> > modules being loaded at run time. The drivers are still the
> original 
> > be ones
> > being used via the same interface as the userland stack, which does
> 
> > mean
> > that our code can be built to run as either a userland application
> or 
> > as the
> > kernel drivers!
> 
> Excuse my ignorance on the matter, but a few queries.... 
> How does integration into kernelspace affect the way users have
> control 
> over
> the networking modules?
> What I mean to say is, if there is a problem, is it still possible to
> 
> simply 'restart'
> the net_server? And how about stability... is it wise to move things 
> into kernel
> space when they're still untested... even when they are tested?
> As much as we might like to think otherwise, there are plenty of 
> situations 
> when things break, and killing the kernel team is probably not a 
> NiceThing[tm]
> 
> Thanks,
> David Shipman 
> 
> 


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