On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:25:08 -0800 Zach Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi guys, > > I'm hearing noise about the 'Extended Sockets' API in Oracle. It's an > extension to the socket API put together by an industry group that calls > itself the Interconnect Software Consortium and is working in > partnership with the open group. The API adds support for things like > memory registration, async operations completed through event queues, > "standard" sendfile() and async poll(), etc. > > It's freely downloadable as a PDF from > > http://www.opengroup.org/icsc/doc.tpl?CALLER=index.tpl&gdid=6415 > > Page 7 has a list of contributors that seems to have a glaring lack of > "free" unix representation of any kind :( > > It seems certain that the commercial Unix vendors will adopt pieces of > it in some capacity. Which means Oracle guys will want to play with it. > Which means I'll get questions about supporting it in Linux :) > > Has the netdev world developed an opinion about this stuff? > > - z > - Also, the following scares me: This specification has not been verified for avoidance of possible third-party proprietary rights. In implementing this specification, usual procedures to ensure the respect of possible third-party intellectual property rights should be followed. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
