[$] The kernel connection multiplexer
As the introduction to Tom Herbert's kernel connection multiplexer (KCM) patch set notes, TCP is often used for message-oriented communication protocols even though, as a streaming transport, it has no native support for message-oriented communications. KCM is an effort to make it easier to send and receive messages over TCP which adds a couple of other interesting features as well.

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