Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754696Ab2F2XSZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:18:25 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:38941 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752503Ab2F2XSY (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:18:24 -0400 Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:18:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20120629.161821.948325645333976311.davem@davemloft.net> To: vincent.sanders@collabora.co.uk Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: AF_BUS socket address family From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20120629231236.GA28593@mail.collabora.co.uk> References: <1340988354-26981-1-git-send-email-vincent.sanders@collabora.co.uk> <20120629.153656.1141845894730637434.davem@davemloft.net> <20120629231236.GA28593@mail.collabora.co.uk> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.5 on Emacs 24.0.97 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 796 Lines: 18 From: Vincent Sanders Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 00:12:37 +0100 > I had hoped you would have at least read the opening list where I > outlined the underlying features which explain why none of the > existing IPC match the requirements. I had hoped that you had read the part we told you last time where we explained why multicast and "reliable delivery" are fundamentally incompatible attributes. We are not creating a full address family in the kernel which exists for one, and only one, specific and difficult user. -- 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/