Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Feb 2001 12:53:57 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: LILO and serial speeds over 9600 |
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Hi!
> > > This is true, but one thing I'd really like to have is controlled buffer > > > overrun, which TCP *doesn't* have. I really think an ad hoc UDP protocol > > > (I've already begun sketching on the details) is more appropriate in this > > > particular case. > > > > Explain 'controlled buffer overrun'. BTW if you make it UDP please include > > something like SHA hash or tea hash and shared secret > > > > I *REALLY* don't know if that is reasonable; it may have to fall into the > category of "supported but not required". Requiring an SHA hash in a > small bootstrap loader may not exactly be a reasonable expectation! > However, I think the protocol is inherently going to be asymmetric, with > as much as possible unloaded.
Being able to remotely resed machine with crashed userland would be *very* nice, too... Pavel -- I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care." Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss@linmodems.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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