> > Have you looked at SCTP? > Yes. > > But I am more interested in 'how-to' provide socket interface > to a new procotol [read: of new domain/type than mentioned in > socket(2)] > Also this protocol will be a kernel-module. I was referring to its kernel implementation in Linux and its adaption of the socket interface for its own needs.. Although its still an AF_INET protocol, looking at it perhaps along with any of the other non-AF_INET protocols in the net dir for the minor diffs should probably be enough for your needs? thanks, Nivedita - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html