Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Fri, 13 Jun 2003 11:14:00 +0200 | From | Olivier Galibert <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] udev enhancements to use kernel event queue |
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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.
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