Re: LILO and serial speeds over 9600

Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Wed, 14 Feb 2001 12:53:57 +0100


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

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