Re: [PATCH 0/5] [RFC] AF_RXRPC socket family implementation [try#2]

From: David Miller
Date: Mon Mar 19 2007 - 15:20:23 EST


From: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:41:38 +0000

> Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > So use SOCK_DGRAM, its clearly near enough.
>
> No, it's not. SOCK_DGRAM is an unreliable, unidirectional datagram passing
> service.

David we're not looking for a precise match, so please stop
discussing this in those terms. We're looking for something
close enough.

The more and more I read Alan's arguments and your resistence to
his logic, the more I side with Alan. He's definitely right on
all the basic counts here.
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