>>>>> "Jon" == Jon Smirl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jon> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:42:27 +1100, Peter Chubb Jon> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>>> "Jon" == Jon Smirl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >> The scenario I'm thinking about with these patches are things >> like >> low-latency user-level networking between nodes in a >> cluster, where >> for good performance even with a kernel driver >> you don't want to >> share your interrupt line with anything else. Jon> Instead of making up a new API what about making a library of Jon> calls that emulates the common entry points used by device Jon> drivers. The version I did for UML could take the same driver and Jon> run it in user space or the kernel without changing source Jon> code. I found this very useful. The in-kernel device drivers interface is very large --- I want to start with something a bit simpler. We do have a compatibility library, as yet unreleased, that allows the same drivers to run in-kernel or in user space. -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au The technical we do immediately, the political takes *forever* - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
