Re: A proposal; making 2.6.20 a bugfix only version.

[David Miller]

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:09:17 -0800

> On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 07:15:49 +0300
> Al Boldi <a1426z@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > > Al Boldi <a1426z@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I meant structural OSI compliance.
> 
> Read the book "Network Algorithmics"; it has a clear discussion
> of why building your stack like the protocol specification
> is a bad idea.

Even Van Jacobson can be quoted as saying (to the effect) that
layering is how you design protocols, _NOT_ how you implement
them.
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