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From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet in.h ip_fw.h ip_input.c ip_output.c
To: pst@jnx.com (Paul Traina)
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 16:48:50 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: archie@whistle.com, julian@whistle.com, sos@freebsd.org,
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> divert sockets could always be turned into a pointer-chaining module (as
> should the IPFW hook itslef.

I like the direction that sos layed out, now it just needs to be expanded
so that the pointed to object can either be in the kernel or in user land.

>   From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
>   Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet in.h ip_fw.h ip_input.c ip_output.c
>   
>   > > In reply to Rodney W. Grimes who wrote:
>   > 
>   > > > context switches are just not going to cut it...
>   > though sometimes you need to do things with packets that
>   > require interaction with a database of reading from files etc..
>   > I put it to you that having a general way of getting the packets 
>   > out of the kernel is  better than adding bloat IN the kernel to
>   > do these things.
>   
>   No reason we can't have both; then everybody's happy :-)
>   
>   I like Soren's "pointer chaining" idea .. as long as divert sockets
>   are retained. Then you can use the kernel to do something if it
>   is suitable (and/or you need performance), or if not, then you can
>   always do it in user mode.
>   
>   User mode is also good for testing & debugging new things.
>   
>   -Archie
>   
>   
>   ___________________________________________________________________________
>   Archie L. Cobbs, archie@whistle.com  *  Whistle Communications Corporation
> 


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