From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Zwiebel Subject: [Fwd: Re: IGMPv3 in linux] Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 13:39:50 -0700 Sender: owner-netdev@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <3CE2C796.B18FB3E2@Procket.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: To: netdev@oss.sgi.com, jzwiebel@procket.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org When will IGMPv3 be standard in Linux? What can I do to make it happen sooner? Who should I contact? IGMPv3 is in Windows XP. IGMPv3 is required for general Source Specific Multicast (SSM). SSM across the internet is much more reliable than MSDP/PIM/MBGP (ASM: any source multicast). Although Microsoft doesn't yet have an IGMPv3 application, IP/TV from cisco will be (does already, at least in a beta app) use it. There are a number of Linux applications that use it, but since it requires a special kernel installation, many people who would benefit from SSM are now denied. I am working also to get IGMPv3 into FreeBSD from which it should "automagically" get into Opendarwin and then MacOSX. Thanks John Zwiebel -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: IGMPv3 in linux Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 21:36:43 +0100 (BST) From: Alan Cox To: jzwiebel@procket.com (John Zwiebel) Long time since I was involved in the net code. I believe IGMPv3 is still not in the kernel. Dunno if its planned - ask netdev@oss.sgi.com