linux-kernel - Re: [Pv-drivers] RFC: Network Plugin Architecture (NPA) for vmxnet3

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20100506201918.GB17922@infradead.org>
Date:	Thu, 6 May 2010 16:19:18 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Pankaj Thakkar <pthakkar@...are.com>
Cc:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...are.com>,
	"pv-drivers@...are.com" <pv-drivers@...are.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
	<virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Pv-drivers] RFC: Network Plugin Architecture (NPA) for vmxnet3

On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 11:04:11AM -0700, Pankaj Thakkar wrote:
> Plugin is x86 or x64 machine code. You write the plugin in C and compile it using gcc/ld to get the object file, we map the relevant sections only to the OS space. 

Which is simply not supportable for a cross-platform operating system
like Linux.

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/