Re: [PATCH 2/3] net: msm_ipc: Add user-space support for MSM_IPC Router

On 6/9/2011 1:11 AM, David Miller wrote:

There is no reason to create a whole new socket address family, use
genetlink instead.
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The prospect of using NETLINK sockets was investigated and it seems to 
be supporting the communication between user-space and kernel-space 
processes.

One of the requirements/goals for this MSM_IPC Router is to enable the 
communication between the processes running on different processors & 
OSes, and the addressing mechanism of NETLINK sockets is insufficient to 
address the processes running in different processors and OSes.

We also have the requirements of built-in name service, remote process's 
status detection, location transparency etc. That is the reason for this 
home-grown solution with a requirement for new socket address family.

Please let me know if you need any other information.

Thanks and Regards,
Karthik.

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