В Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:17:01 +0200
Jo-Philipp Wich <x...@subsignal.org> пишет:

> Hi,
> 
> no I have no list yet but it boils down to the fact that the current
> network and interface setup mechanisms are rather constrained, old and
> inflexible.
> 
> Big problems are the lack of statefulness, the tendency for race
> conditions, the inability to properly nest protocols and the limited
> featureset of the ash shell which will not allow for complex interface
> operations like calculating ULAs etc.
> 
> Felix has started working on netifd, which will at some point supersede
> the current network setup scripts with an rpc capable daemon written in
> C for better access to kernel APIs, ability to listen on netlink events etc.
> 
> Once this is done, we can start to implement all the IPv6 requirements
> in a clean way.

Very interesting, but there are also projects like connman
(connman.net) or network manager. I think the latter is bloated but the
former is intended for embedded devices from the very beginning. What's
wrong with connman?

BTW, what's the difference between ubus and dbus? I didn't find any
documentation...

-- 
  Alexander

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