On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 18:28, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> jamal wrote:
> > The change is simple if theres consensus to go this path.
>
> Can you resend your patch?
I didnt send any patch - but heres one that looks right - havent tried
compiling it.
> My main objection was that any change should be made in the core, not in
> individual net drivers.
Attached patch resolves that concern
> Another objection was that it seemed that some of the proposed solutions
> for clearing the queue on link down were imposing app-specific policy on
> the overall kernel.
>
> Aren't there cases where people would -not- want the queue to be cleared?
Thats a good question and your point of imposing policy in the kernel is
valid. I know that i would probably want packets to appear they are
going out when the wire is pulled from underneath me.
Theres possibly people who would want it differently - so for we havent
heard from them. Maybe poll far and wide - or push it in and wait for
them to whine.
cheers,
jamal
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