***SPAM*** Re: [ofa-general] [PATCH 0/26] Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS), take 2

[Andrew Grover]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Andi Kleen <andi at firstfloor.org> wrote:
>> This patchset against net-next adds support for RDS sockets. RDS is an
>> Oracle-originated protocol used to send IPC datagrams (up to 1MB)
>> reliably, and is used currently in Oracle RAC and Exadata products.
>
> Perhaps I missed it earlier, but what is the rationale for putting
> this as a socket type into the kernel? I assume they also work
> directly as implemented in user space using raw sockets or similar,
> don't they?

You want me to implement my fancy protocol in userspace???

Do I even get to write it in C or do I need to use Ruby?

Regards -- Andy