Re: [PATCH] sockreg2.4.5-05 inet[6]_create() register/unregister

Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Wed, 6 Jun 2001 18:36:57 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, David S. Miller wrote:

> This allows people to make proprietary implementations of TCP under
> Linux. And we don't want this just as we don't want to add a way to
> allow someone to do a proprietary Linux VM.

Erm... What stops those who want to do such implementations
from using AF_PACKET and handling the whole thing in userland?

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