Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 Oct 2014 16:22:20 +0000 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: A desktop environment[1] kernel wishlist |
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On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 05:09:06PM +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> > > By having a well-known protocol and defined semantics on top of that > > > communication channel. I could try and re-explain why kdbus is needed, > > > but I wouldn't do as good a job as the people working on it, so best to > > > refer to the individual threads about kdbus on this list. > > > > > > > I didn't do a good job asking the question, then. > > > > What's wrong with fds in the context of communicating with a > > container? What does kdbus do container-wise that helps? > > Nothing's wrong with using fd's. They're just a very poor API.
For a proof by assertion it's too transparent, for any other kind of explanation - far too short on details...
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