Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:27:22 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Bruce Simpson <bms@incunabulum.net> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: IGMPv3/SSM: alpha code drop. Message-ID: <20090304132722.11537bwxtk2oys8w@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <49AE6AAF.5090905@incunabulum.net> References: <49ADDDCE.5000203@incunabulum.net> <20090304105525.90665tgxalwo19ss@webmail.leidinger.net> <49AE6AAF.5090905@incunabulum.net>
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Quoting Bruce Simpson <bms@incunabulum.net> (from Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:49:03 +0000): > Alexander Leidinger wrote: >> ... >> Is this supposed to make multicast work in a jail? In the past I >> tried some simple tests (e.g. mtest(8)), but I wasn't able to >> receive anything in a jail (this test was triggered by the fact, >> that some avahi-tools from the avahi port didn't showed an expected >> result). > > Not really, no, I have just been making my best guess here. I would > hope bz would join in once it's checked in -- as I understand it, > jails are a difficult case for multicast (and broadcast) sockets > because of how they change how address lookup works. Other than that > I have done no testing with jails. > > I believe the code will continue to work as-is, however others are > welcome to test and contribute once it's in. Thanks for the info. I hope the vimage stuff will change this situation regardless of the fact if someone jumps in and makes the current stuff work or not. Bye, Alexander. -- For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137
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