cvs commit: src/lib/libc/net Makefile.inc sctp_sys_calls.c src/sys/sys param.h

[Julian Elischer]

Bruce M. Simpson wrote:
> Andre Oppermann wrote:
>>
>> What makes these sctp_* syscalls so special as opposed to their
>> generic and protocol agnostic counterparts?
> They're used for operations which do not have a direct correspondence in 
> the existing functions, i.e. connecting to multihomed peers, and dealing 
> with one-to-many sockets.
> 
> See Section 9.3-9.12, UNIX Network Programming Vol 1 3e for more info.


generally we would use socket ops or ioctls for this sort of thing..
syscalls is not how they would normally be done....

> 
> Regards,
> BMS