[openbeos] Re: Network Update
- From: "David Reid" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 12:32:57 -0000
The things is that we don't really have IPC in place for the userland
version...
We have IPC for the kernel using standard calls and the kernel itself :)
david
> 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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