Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:53:57 +0900 From: gnn@freebsd.org To: Randall Stewart <rrs@cisco.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, dave jones <s.dave.jones@gmail.com> Subject: Re: UDP lite for FreeBSD Message-ID: <m2r6ux29tm.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> In-Reply-To: <45856FE6.6040901@cisco.com> References: <5628d8010612160452y5c562757h8ef8ed0776c5525d@mail.gmail.com> <m2fybf2t59.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> <45856FE6.6040901@cisco.com>
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At Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:27:18 -0500, randall wrote: > It allows you to do a partial checksum on a udp packet.. the idea > behind it is for when we have link layers that can delivered damaged > packets we can then feed the packets to media players.. that can > still use the data.. even though damaged.. I believe the there are a > couple of codecs that are of this venue... at one time I even knew a > name or two.. but that was a while ago :-) Ah, OK, makes sense. So, Dave, if you're up for working on it I can review patches against HEAD, as can others. I guess I need to add yet another RFC to my incredibly long reading list. Later, George
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