[openbeos] Re: Network Update
- From: "Frank D. Engel, Jr." <fde101@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 04:24:49 -0800 (PST)
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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