Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:53:27 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: LILO and serial speeds over 9600 |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > > Depends on what the client can handle. For the kernel, that might be > > true, but for example a boot loader may only have a few K worth of buffer > > space. > > That same constraint is true of any UDP protocol too, and indeed any protocol > not entirely based on FEC (which rather rules out ethernet based solutions) > > You also dont need much buffering for a smart embedded stack, its no secret > that some embedded tcps dont buffer the data but pointers to constant data and > values for only non constant objects. You really can make a minimal TCP very > low resource. >
I'm sure you can. That doesn't mean it's the right solution.
-hpa
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