From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: bjorn@mork.no (=?utf-8?Q?Bj=C3=B8rn_Mork?=) Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:54:12 +0200 Subject: Difference between IP_IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP and MCAST_JOIN_GROUP In-Reply-To: <56AB56EAD87AF24C803FB693654D7A89C64CE8@adbbexch01.adbitaly.com> (Pietro Paolini's message of "Mon, 1 Oct 2012 09:09:35 +0000") References: <56AB56EAD87AF24C803FB693654D7A89C64CE8@adbbexch01.adbitaly.com> Message-ID: <87pq524g4r.fsf@nemi.mork.no> To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org I assume you meant IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP? IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP is IPv4 only. MCAST_JOIN_GROUP is protocol independent. This may be clearer if you look at include/linux/in6.h Bj?rn