From: Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@jauu.net>
To: "Erich E. Hoover" <ehoover@mines.edu>
Cc: Linux Netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Implement IP_UNICAST_IF socket option.
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:01:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e75bbc09f45a13abdaccb7ef0de5e7e0@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1327622268-15602-1-git-send-email-ehoover@mines.edu>
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:57:48 -0700, "Erich E. Hoover" wrote:
> The IP_UNICAST_IF feature is needed by the Wine project. This patch
> implements the feature by setting the outgoing interface in the same
> fashion as that of IP_PKTINFO.
Why duplicate functionality - rewrite your application and use IP_PKTINFO
or bind() your socket. This patch duplicate already existing functionality
(and bloat inet_sock unnecessarily).
Hagen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-27 9:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-26 23:57 [PATCH] Implement IP_UNICAST_IF socket option Erich E. Hoover
2012-01-27 9:01 ` Hagen Paul Pfeifer [this message]
2012-01-27 15:30 ` Erich E. Hoover
2012-02-01 19:12 ` David Miller
2012-02-01 19:32 ` Erich E. Hoover
2012-02-01 19:39 ` David Miller
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