[Click] Click and kernel patches

[Eddie Kohler]

Yes, that is my belief.  Although performance will still suffer relative to a 
patched kernel with polling drivers.

E


Ruben Merz wrote:
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> Hi Eddie,
> 
> I'm not yet too familiar with the inner working of Click, nor of how it
> may integrate with the kernel. Hence my question: do you think that
> FromHost is the only thing that prevents a linuxpatchless
> infrastructure. Do you believe that all the other parts of Click, for
> instance, Timers, Tasks, etc, will just work?
> 
> Ruben
> 
> On 2/11/10 02:08 , Eddie Kohler wrote:
>> Hi Lars,
>>
>> My plan for the future is to further develop the linuxpatchless 
>> infrastructure, which lets us run Click on unmodified kernels.
>>
>> So I would love for people to test this, such as you.  Let us know how it 
>> goes.  The only thing missing that I know of is FromHost.
>>
>> Eddie
>>
>>
>> Lars Bro wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am using Click for testing of our wireless product, and I experience an
>>> increasing demand for support of newer kernels. The reason for this is
>>> hardware of course, but also wireless(802.11) drivers have been changing a
>>> lot lately.
>>>
>>> I am now working with Matteo Croce's patches for 2.6.31 (on 2.6.31.9), this
>>> is not as easy as I had thought. I can also see that Adam Greenhalgh has
>>> done some work in separating syntax changes from core changes.
>>>
>>> What I would like to know is whether this kind of work is already ongoing,
>>> or if there is an official plan for the next kernel patch.
>>>
>>> As I can see, Matteo's patch also includes changes for Click itself, and
>>> this should be very carefully considered.
>>>
>>> So I suggest that we agree on a "next" kernel version to support, so we can
>>> work on it in common.
>>>
>>> Any votes?
>>>
>>> yours,
>>> Lars Bro
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