On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 05:03:10PM +0000, One Thousand Gnomes wrote: > > itself. The protocol is defined by an entity which is external to Linux. > > If this had been a bug in the IP protocol handling we would fix it and > > move on. This case is no different IMHO. > > Actually that is quite untrue. We are *very* careful that we can talk to > other internet nodes that speak broken versions of TCP. There have even > been changes made to protocol definitions during initial research to > avoid tripping bugs in existing implementations. > > > Once we set the ABI in stone then this is the sort of thing we will care > > very much about (as we have done for many years on x86). Until then it > > is not. > > Maybe Xen doesn't, but perhaps Linux doesn't wish to be tarred with the > same brush. What Xen decides is the official protocol is Xen's decision. > What a Linux guest does to keep compatibility ought to follow what Linux > does as policy.
I believe that this patch does not alter the x86 protocols. Only the ARM based ones which are still in Technical Preview. > > Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
