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To: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
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Alexander Viro writes:
 > 	Erm... What stops those who want to do such implementations
 > from using AF_PACKET and handling the whole thing in userland?

Nothing stops them, except the fact that this would be inefficient as
hell.  Streams would be quicker :-)

Later,
David S. Miller
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