linux TCPIP stack design

[Joseph Kubik]

Sometimes:
nfs boot, I would argue, is a kernel talking at the application layer.
Can someone confirm this?
-Joseph-

On 5/17/05, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 01:56:21PM -0400, David Kreuter wrote:
> > Hi: Is it accurate to say that the linux TCP/IP stack code in the kernel
> > is a strict adherent to the OSA 7 layer model? Or a hybrid of the TCPIP
> > 4 layer and OSI 7 layer model?
> 
> Does the kernel have anything to do with things past layer 3 or 4
> (depending on the application)?
> 
> Lennart Sorensen
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