Re: async network I/O, event channels, etc

[Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>]

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:23:53 -0700
Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> wrote:

> I was very much surprised by the reactions I got after my OLS talk.
> Lots of people declared interest and even agreed with the approach and
> asked me to do further ahead with all this.  For those who missed it,
> the paper and the slides are available on my home page:
> 
> http://people.redhat.com/drepper/
> 
> 
> As for the next steps I see a number of possible ways.  The discussions
> can be held on the usual mailing lists (i.e., lkml and netdev) but due
> to the raw nature of the current proposal I would imagine that would be
> mainly perceived as noise.
> 
> So the second proposal is the I can create an appropriate mailing list
> here.  Alternatively possibly two lists, one for the event channel stuff
> and one for the DMA/AIO part since the two parts are very much unrelated.
> 
> I'd appreciate input from those who feel responsible for these lists.  I
> don't mind either way.  If there is strong interest right now (let me
> know, don't pollute the list) I can create mailing lists now and then if
> necessary close them down and redirect traffic to lkml/netdev.
> 
> Waiting for input...
> 

I would prefer directing the API discussion to netdev@vger.kernel.org