From owner-freebsd-net Wed Nov 11 09:02:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA07671 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 09:02:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA07564 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 09:01:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id MAA25346; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 12:01:29 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 12:01:29 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <199811111701.MAA25346@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: a sun Cc: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu, stb@hanse.de, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: multicast handling in FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199811110249.SAA31398@saul9.u.washington.edu> References: <199811102210.OAA11742@saul9.u.washington.edu> <199811110111.UAA22828@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <199811110249.SAA31398@saul9.u.washington.edu> Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org < said: > do you really intend everyone who uses a program that sets multicast > addresses to recompile when they upgrade FreeBSD? Sure -- both of them. Link-layer multicast handling should under almost no circumstances be left to applications. If there's a protocol stack that you're trying to work with which doesn't provide a proper abstraction layer, please say so. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message