[openbeos] Re: Networking : R5 or BONE
- From: "John Gabriele" <jandl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 00:40:18 EST
>>
>> > Really? It says in the FAQs that they are staying in user land.
>> > [snip]
>>
>> Yes, the FAQ is outdated; it was originally planned to implement a
>> user
>> -land stack.
>>
>> [snip] ... and the fact, that Travis is already
>> working on a networking stack in kernel-space lead to the conclusion
>> that it makes more sense to follow that route.
>
>Now, Axel, say if Zoidberg does a userland net stack... as we were
>already planning to do. I think we could do this properly, don't you?
I'm maintaining the faq and have been watching this space to update
that particular faq item. The reasons I haven't yet changed it are:
1. Which is it? Zoidberg's user-land stack? Travis's kernel-space stack?
2. I don't understand what a "network stack" is.
I further don't understand exactly what having a kernel-space network stack
entails.
Does it mean that there's gonna be the regular posix sockets calls in
the kernel kit (and that, when called, they will execute in kernel-mode)?
If OBOS uses what Travis puts into NewOS (this network stack), will
there still be a net_server?
---j
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