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Subject: Re: Global (non _KERNEL) place for sockaddr_union?
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Hi,

>>>>> On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 09:14:20 -0700
>>>>> Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> said:

brooks> The real problem may be that KAME mistakenly gave sockaddr_union a
brooks> general name when it isn't and such a type would be hell to actually
brooks> work with.  A custom union that does exactly what pf needs may be the
brooks> best approach.

I believe KAME doesn't use non standard struct such as sock_union.

Sincerely,

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