Re: [RFC][PATCH] KBUS messaging subsystem

2011-02-06 Thread Tony Ibbs
On 3 Feb 2011, at 17:32, Grant Likely wrote: > The big issue that comes into play when implementing a new protocol in > Linux is that once it is implemented, we need to support it until the > end of time. Indeed. > That means it needs to be well thought out and there is > a lot of resistance to

Re: [RFC][PATCH] KBUS messaging subsystem

2011-02-03 Thread Grant Likely
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Tony Ibbs wrote: > Apologies again for getting Grant's email address wrong on my initial > email. > > On Tue, 1 Feb 2011 20:40:08 -0700 > Grant Likely wrote: > >> There are already a large number of communication channels available >> to Linux, with DBUS gatting t

Re: [RFC][PATCH] KBUS messaging subsystem

2011-02-03 Thread Tony Ibbs
Apologies again for getting Grant's email address wrong on my initial email. On Tue, 1 Feb 2011 20:40:08 -0700 Grant Likely wrote: > There are already a large number of communication channels available > to Linux, with DBUS gatting the most attention at the moment. What > niche is KBUS filling

Re: [RFC][PATCH] KBUS messaging subsystem

2011-02-03 Thread Tony Ibbs
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:20:42 +0100 Sam Ravnborg wrote: > [Edited cc: list as my smtp server refused to send the original reply] Apologies - I had copied down Grant Likely's email address wrong at ELCE. > > Should I just submit the patch to this list? > > You will get more feedback on lkml...

Re: [RFC][PATCH] KBUS messaging subsystem

2011-02-01 Thread Grant Likely
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 06:01:58PM +, Tony Ibbs wrote: > We talked briefly at ELCE 2010 in Cambridge, after the "keeping > kernel maintainers happy" talk, and you offered that I could > CC you when I got round to submitting our kernel module. Hi Tony, Yes, I remember talking to you. I'll tak

Re: [RFC][PATCH] KBUS messaging subsystem

2011-01-28 Thread Sam Ravnborg
[Edited cc: list as my smtp server refused to send the original reply] > > Our tentative patch is at > http://kbus.googlecode.com/files/0001-KBUS-messaging-subsystem.patch > > The diffstat for the patch is: > > Documentation/Kbus.txt | 1189 ++ > include/linux/kbus_defns.h | 666 ++