Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265276AbTFMJAP (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 05:00:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265281AbTFMJAP (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 05:00:15 -0400 Received: from dspnet.fr.eu.org ([62.73.5.179]:7443 "EHLO dspnet.fr.eu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265276AbTFMJAO (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 05:00:14 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 11:14:00 +0200 From: Olivier Galibert To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] udev enhancements to use kernel event queue Message-ID: <20030613091400.GB78853@dspnet.fr.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: Olivier Galibert , Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <3EE8D038.7090600@mvista.com> <20030612214753.GA1087@kroah.com> <20030612150335.6710a94f.akpm@digeo.com> <1055493636.5163.8.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1055493636.5163.8.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 739 Lines: 17 On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 09:40:37AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > Dave Miller posted a simple patch to allow netlink to be used for > kernel->user messages - hotplug/disk error/logging/whatever. I'm > suprised therefore that the whole thing is being regurgitated again. "Netlink is not a reliable protocol." sez the manpage. That sounds a little ridiculous for a local kernel<->user message protocol. Having to manage acks on that kind of communication is both painful and quasi-untestable. OG. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/