Since I'm new here, hi everyone! On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Rahul Murmuria <rahul.is.a...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am planning on porting the /net concept of Plan9 to Linux. >
I've been thinking about this for a few months. If you'd like help, let me know, I'd be more than happy to pitch in. > My Plan: > Use libfs[1] to write a synthetic filesystem in Linux, much like > securityfs[2], or /proc. This libfs based code will make calls to the TCP/IP > stack on the linux, and basically be an alternative to the Linux kernel > sockets. As a result I will expose networking using /net, instead of POSIX > to the applications. > > My Motivation: > Glendix[3] > > My Question: > I know that using /net instead of sockets is very different. But is it > better? Specially from the networking side of things, not from application > development point of view (which we have already established is simpler, by > example). > > [1] http://lwn.net/Articles/57369/ > [2] http://lwn.net/Articles/153366/ > [3] http://glendix.org/ and http://glendix.org/glendix_iwp9_2008.pdf > and http://www.osnews.com/story/20588/ > > Regards, > > -- > Rahul Murmuria > >
