From: Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: A proposal; making 2.6.20 a bugfix only version.
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:15:46 +0300
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David Miller wrote:
> From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:09:17 -0800
>
> > On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 07:15:49 +0300
> >
> > Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com> wrote:
> > > Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > > > Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I meant structural OSI compliance.
> >
> > Read the book "Network Algorithmics"; it has a clear discussion
> > of why building your stack like the protocol specification
> > is a bad idea.
>
> Even Van Jacobson can be quoted as saying (to the effect) that
> layering is how you design protocols, _NOT_ how you implement
> them.

The problem is that you let the implementation surface into user-land.


Thanks!

--
Al

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