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    SubjectRe: A desktop environment[1] kernel wishlist
    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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