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

[Randall Stewart]

Craig Rodrigues wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 05:57:04AM -0800, Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> 
>>i think Andre's question was this:
>>normally we use {set|get}sockopt() to configure the socket
>>as desired for special features (e.g. multicast is one).
>>
>>Why is it undesirable to use the same kind of overloading
>>for sctp ?
> 
> 
> I think some of the reasons for why a new sockets API
> was introduced for SCTP was outlined in:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-tsvwg-sctpsocket-14.txt
> 
> ...but I'll let Randall chime in too. :)
> 
Thats a good place to look too...

note that we do not conform yet to the latest socket api
our sctp_connectx() does not accept an additional
argument to return the sctp_assoc_t .. it will.. but
I have to get to it first :-0

R

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