Re: [Utopia] kernel -> dbus event delivery?

[Robert Love <rml ximian com>]

On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 13:43 +0200, Kay Sievers wrote:

> No, for sure, it isn't. Hotplug is cool for the low level thing and
> basic device tasks, but not for sending, possibly a lot of messages. The
> netlink transport is a much nicer than to create a environment and fork
> a helper.

Actually, I think that the two mechanisms coexisting is going to be a
problem.

Both can be used to do the same thing.  In their essence, both are a
mechanism for asynchronous call in/notification to user-space.

Using netlink is simpler, less overhead, and not a layering violation.
So, I favor it.

But using hotplug makes things since for event-driven stuff like device
hotplug, since it can be done via scripts.

	Robert Love