linux-kernel - Re: AF_IPN: Inter Process Networking, try these...

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Message-Id: <20071207.180726.22868921.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:07:26 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	renzo@...unibo.it
Cc:	andi@...stfloor.org, cfriesen@...tel.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: AF_IPN: Inter Process Networking, try these...

From: renzo@...unibo.it (Renzo Davoli)
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 22:18:05 +0100

> I disagree. If you suspect we would be better using IP multicast, I think
> your suspects are not supported.
> Try the following exercises, please.... Can you provide better solutions
> without IPN?

I personally have not purely advocated IP, although the performance
differences UDP and AF_UNIX should be investigated.

Instead I advocated using AF_NETLINK with some minor multicast
permission modifications to suit your needs.
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