Dear Solarizens, a new OpenSolaris project was initiated: "Pluggable Sockets" (http://opensolaris.org/os/project/pluggable-sockets) will add an interface that allows to add custom socket adress families, protocols and types to the kernel without modifying the kernel source (as it is currently required).
This will be useful to implement light-weight (high-peformance) communication protocols with socket semantics, or new "full" (IP-based) protocols like RDS. This interface will be used via the existing /etc/sock2path configuration file, which will not only support /dev pathes to point to the implemenation, but also name kernel modules that will be loaded dynamically. Any feedback is welcome. We currently use the networking-discuss mailing list as mail volume is expected to be low. thanks, Joachim -- Joachim Worringen, Software Architect, Dolphin Interconnect Solutions phone ++49/(0)228/324 08 17 - http://www.dolphinics.com
