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Re: [PATCH] Allow getaddrinfo() to accept SCTP socket types in hints

From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
To: Sridhar Samudrala <sri at us dot ibm dot com>
Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, lksctp-developers at lists dot sourceforge dot net, rick dot jones2 at hp dot com
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:39:53 -0700
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow getaddrinfo() to accept SCTP socket types in hints
References: <1161129272.21091.7.camel@w-sridhar2.beaverton.ibm.com> <4536813D.6030005@redhat.com> <1161207349.3136.13.camel@w-sridhar2.beaverton.ibm.com>

Sridhar Samudrala wrote:

The SCTP API is currently available to the users via libsctp in
lksctp-tools package and is included in all the major linux
distributions including RHEL, SLES, Fedora etc.

This doesn't answer any question. If the code would be ready for prime time the correct place would be, along with the other network interfaces, in glibc. If it's not ready then any getaddrinfo support is premature and too costly.

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â Ulrich Drepper â Red Hat, Inc. â 444 Castro St â Mountain View, CA â

References:
- [PATCH] Allow getaddrinfo() to accept SCTP socket types in hints
  - From: Sridhar Samudrala
- Re: [PATCH] Allow getaddrinfo() to accept SCTP socket types in hints
  - From: Ulrich Drepper
- Re: [PATCH] Allow getaddrinfo() to accept SCTP socket types in hints
  - From: Sridhar Samudrala

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