Messages in this thread | | | From | Richard J Moore <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][RFC] relayfs (1/4) (Documentation) | Date | Sun, 12 Oct 2003 23:23:48 +0000 |
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On Sat 11 October 2003 5:34 pm, David S. Miller wrote: > On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:41:29 -0400 > > Karim Yaghmour <karim@opersys.com> wrote: > > The question isn't whether netlink can transfer hundreds of thousands of > > data units in one fell swoop. The question is: is it more efficient than > > relayfs at this? > > Wrong, it's the queueing model that's important for applications > like this.
Why is a queuing model relvant to low-level kernel tracing, which is the prime target of relayfs? In otherwords why would netlink be the infrastructure of choice on which to implenment tracing, say in a GB ethernet driver?
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