Kroah-Hartman: AF_BUS, D-Bus, and the Linux kernel

Greg Kroah-Hartman writes about plans to get D-Bus functionality into the kernel (a topic last covered here in July, 2012). "Our goal (and I use 'goal' in a very rough term, I have 8 pages of scribbled notes describing what we want to try to implement here), is to provide a reliable multicast and point-to-point messaging system for the kernel, that will work quickly and securely. On top of this kernel feature, we will try to provide a 'libdbus' interface that allows existing D-Bus users to work without ever knowing the D-Bus daemon was replaced on their system."

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