netdev - Re: PF_RING: Include in main line kernel?

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Message-Id: <20091014.144923.112167161.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:49:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	greearb@...delatech.com
Cc:	zbr@...emap.net, deri@...p.org, shemminger@...tta.com,
	brad.doctor@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PF_RING: Include in main line kernel?

From: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:27:45 -0700

> Maybe something similar to the attached patch?

This is not something I'm interested in applying.

It makes implementing proprietary complete networking stacks
for Linux way too easy.

Instead I'd rather have a GPL exported function that allows indication
of consumption somehow.  That's why we have a special hook for
bonding, so it cannot be abused in proprietary modules.
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