From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hagen Paul Pfeifer Subject: Re: [PATCH] Implement =?UTF-8?Q?IP=5FUNICAST=5FIF=20socket=20opti?= =?UTF-8?Q?on=2E?= Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:01:48 +0100 Message-ID: References: <1327622268-15602-1-git-send-email-ehoover@mines.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Linux Netdev To: "Erich E. Hoover" Return-path: Received: from alternativer.internetendpunkt.de ([88.198.24.89]:51841 "EHLO geheimer.internetendpunkt.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750984Ab2A0JBv (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:01:51 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1327622268-15602-1-git-send-email-ehoover@mines.edu> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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