On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 10:44:17 +0200 (MEST) Hitoshi Asaeda <Hitoshi.Asaeda@sophia.inria.fr> wrote: > Anyway, so, what is the benefit to use __u32 for the members of > "struct ip_mreq_source", even though "struct ip_mreq" uses in_addr? Because using a structure for a 32-bit integer is absolutely stupid. That's why. > Such __u32 definition makes application programmers confuse and use > "#ifdef Linux" or "#ifndef Linux" stuff in their codes. > What is your favor? You won't have to, because the libc level interface will be whatever the IETF group specifies, so you can code to that. - : 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