A Brand New Linux Network Stack Proposed: Linux XIA

[phoronix]

Phoronix: A Brand New Linux Network Stack Proposed: Linux XIA

A brand new networking stack is seeking to be merged into the mainline Linux kernel that's been under development for the past few years. Hello, Linux XIA...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-XIA-Network-Stack

[gens]

Phoronix: A Brand New Linux Network Stack Proposed: Linux XIA

A brand new networking stack is seeking to be merged into the mainline Linux kernel that's been under development for the past few years. Hello, Linux XIA...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...-Network-Stack

too much abstractions

[nanonyme]

Sounds to me like a conversation started terribly on the wrong foot in the mouth no matter whether XIA will fly or not

[NotMine999]

Humm...

Phoronix: A Brand New Linux Network Stack Proposed: Linux XIA

A brand new networking stack is seeking to be merged into the mainline Linux kernel that's been under development for the past few years. Hello, Linux XIA...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...-Network-Stack

Developers of something new asking for kernel devs to consider including their code in the kernel, but .... it's a entirely new packet format, etc.

The more I read about this the more I want to determine if these new packets can even be routed by current routing technologies?

Or is this proposal a "forklift upgrade" of everything we currently use and understand in Linux networking?

[vadix]

Developers of something new asking for kernel devs to consider including their code in the kernel, but .... it's a entirely new packet format, etc.

The more I read about this the more I want to determine if these new packets can even be routed by current routing technologies?

Or is this proposal a "forklift upgrade" of everything we currently use and understand in Linux networking?

Clearly it isn't about being able to route them with existing technologies. If you are setting up a supercomputer interconnect, directly linking computers over ethernet, or trying to make a custom network, at least this will help you do the job. I am curious as to if it can manage the same speeds or better compared to the existing stack for TCP/UDP.

[lompik]

Clearly it isn't about being able to route them with existing technologies. If you are setting up a supercomputer interconnect, directly linking computers over ethernet, or trying to make a custom network, at least this will help you do the job. I am curious as to if it can manage the same speeds or better compared to the existing stack for TCP/UDP.

It's not a completely new Network stack but more a framework for other (future) protocol as pointed out here : http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...3.0/04638.html

[toyotabedzrock]

They should propose adding the hooks or other changes needed to the kernel first. Then let it get tested until 4.3 and offer the larger section at that time.

[plonoma]

IPv4, what about IPv6?