netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] tou: Transports over UDP

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jun 2016 22:06:01 -0600
From:	David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	Jerry Chu <hkchu@...gle.com>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] tou: Transports over UDP - part I

On 6/21/16 9:42 PM, Jerry Chu wrote:
> Yes TOU may lower the bar for random hacks by Joe Random. But I'd argue
> no large organization would serious consider or dare deploy TCP stack
> with random hacks.

There are userspace network stacks that have been around for years and 
widely deployed on devices that basically use Linux as the boot OS.