Re: socket interface to a new protocol

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



--- Nivedita Singhvi <niv@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> > > 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..
Ok I get it.

> 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?
Yes you are right. Looked briefly at the SCTP code and it seems to 
do pretty much what i wanted to do.

Will study SCTP and related code in more detail to bug you all further!

Thanks a lot for the info :)
Abhi.

> 
> thanks,
> Nivedita


__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Mail Plus – Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now.
http://mailplus.yahoo.com
-
: 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

[Index of Archives]     [Netdev]     [Ethernet Bridging]     [Linux 802.1Q VLAN]     [Linux Wireless]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Security]     [Linux for Hams]     [Netfilter]     [Git]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite News and Information]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux PCI]     [Linux Admin]     [Samba]

  Powered by Linux