Re: Some notes on translation

[Tom Zanussi <zanussi at us dot ibm dot com>]

Frank Ch. Eigler writes:
 > Hi -
 > 
 > 
 > > [...]  I would also implement the kernel->user/user->kernel netlink
 > > protocol and API [...]
 > 
 > Can you explain how you would imagine a user->kernel communication
 > path working, in the sense of what information it would pass; how it
 > would be used?

I described it a little bit in the parent post - I can go ahead and
work out the details of a possible API and protocol.

 > 
 > > I'd also create a userspace library called taplib which I'd stick
 > > the userside API implementation into.  [...]
 > 
 > What sort of user-side API do you envision?

This would be a library to stick commonly-used user-side code into -
the API I was referring to was the kernel<->user implementation API
being the first resident.

Tom