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Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Andre Oppermann <andre@FreeBSD.org>,
	Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org,
	Randall Stewart <rrs@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/net Makefile.inc sctp_sys_calls.c
 src/sys/sys param.h
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Bruce M. Simpson wrote:
> 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).
>>
>>   
> It already does. These are wrappers, not actual syscalls.
>> Why is it undesirable to use the same kind of overloading
>> for sctp ?
> 
> An API is specified for SCTP already. Being forced to shoehorn all 
> possible semantics into a getsockopt()/setsockopt() call *sucks* for 
> serious work.

why? The API says it can be implemented via a set of library entry 
points. How would you tell the difference?

> 
> Regards,
> BMS