Re: [RFC] vtunerc: virtual DVB device - is it ok to NACK driver becauseof worrying about possible misusage?

From: Andreas Oberritter
Date: Wed Dec 07 2011 - 11:58:52 EST


On 07.12.2011 17:10, Mark Brown wrote:
> You're talking about a purely software defined thing that goes in the
> kernel - it pretty much has to be able to scale to other applications
> even if some of the implementation is left for later. Once things like
> this get included in the kernel they become part of the ABI and having
> multiple specific things ends up being a recipie for confusion as users
> have to work out which of the options is most appropriate for their
> application.

And to repeat myself once more: No networking is to be perfomed by the
kernel in vtunerc.
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