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Subject: Re: [PATCH] UDPCP Communication Protocol
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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 21:11:00 +0100

> Hi!
> 
>> UDPCP is a communication protocol specified by the Open Base Station
>> Architecture Initiative Special Interest Group (OBSAI SIG). The
>> protocol is based on UDP and is designed to meet the needs of "Mobile
>> Communcation Base Station" internal communications. It is widely used by
>> the major networks infrastructure supplier.
> 
> Why does it need to be in kernel?

To avoid a 40% performance hit which he explained in these threads.