netdev - Re: Linux 2.6.35/TIPC 2.0 ABI breaking changes

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Message-ID: <20101020184424.GQ8781@llucax.com.ar>
Date:	Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:44:24 -0300
From:	Leandro Lucarella <luca@...cax.com.ar>
To:	Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@...csson.com>
Cc:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"paul.gortmaker@...driver.com" <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.35/TIPC 2.0 ABI breaking changes

Jon Maloy, el 20 de octubre a las 14:37 me escribiste:
> > I think if they really go through the wire, it should be in 
> > NBO, and if tipc_subscr and tipc_event are used only 
> > internally, we can still fix the userspace messages when 
> > sending them through the wire.
> 
> There are plenty of protocols around not using NBO over the wire.
> This is not a must. 

Of course, but is harder to sniff and debug if you haven't a fixed BO,
so, if it's easy to adjust transparently to userspace, I think it could
worth the trouble.

But my main concern is backwards compatibility, everything else is
secondary :)

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