From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 27 00:13:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA13199 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 27 Dec 1997 00:13:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [204.188.121.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA13193 for ; Sat, 27 Dec 1997 00:13:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (localhost.star-gate.com [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA00270; Sat, 27 Dec 1997 00:13:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Message-Id: <199712270813.AAA00270@rah.star-gate.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96 To: Bill Fenner cc: Luigi Rizzo , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I rather see the tcp/ip stack fixed than vat patched In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 26 Dec 1997 23:26:38 PST." <97Dec26.232638pst.177484@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 00:13:15 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Tnks Bill , I will wait till you get back. Regards, Amancio > Amancio Hasty wrote: > >Bill care to comment? > > For the first patch, I fail to see how adding a setsockopt to set > IP_MULTICAST_LOOP to its default value when creating a new socket > changes anything. For the second patch, if that's how the kernel > behaves, then vat should deal with it and although the kernel should be > fixed, it makes sense to make vat deal with earlier kernels. I don't > have a test machine available to me now, so if you want anything more > from me it'll have to wait until I get back to CA. > > Bill >