netdev - Re: Add PGM protocol support to the IP stack

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Message-ID: <4BA3FA1D.8050204@zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:26:37 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	andi@...stfloor.org, cl@...ux-foundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Add PGM protocol support to the IP stack

On 03/19/2010 02:53 PM, David Miller wrote:
> But I also don't consider what openpbm has to do right now to
> be all that much of a restriction.  You need privileges to
> add the protocol to the kernel, you need privileges to run
> the userspace variant, there is no real difference.

The real difference is if multiplex is needed between multiple
unprivileged users.

	-hpa
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