On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:23:13 +0000 David Howells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If your messages are datagrams and unreliable -> SOCK_DGRAM > > Nope. > > > If your messages are datagrams and reliable -> SOCK_RDM > > Nope. > > > If your messages are datagrams, reliable and ordered -> SOCK_SEQPACKET > > Nope. > > > If your messages are streams of bits, reliable and ordered -> SOCK_STREAM > > Nope. So your messages are neither reliable not unreliable, nor ordered, nor unordered. NAK Until you work out what your messages actually are and use a proper standard socket type. And "but there are higher layers" isn't relevant here, this is true for Appletalk as well and it doesn't have to go inventing new types for everything as you seem to. Alan - 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
