I think Warner Losh may have already done this....
On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Anjali Kulkarni wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your response.
> The reason I am trying to use inet_aton is because I am writing a kernel
> proxy which connects to a webserver etc. etc.
> So, I need to convert the server's ip address to the network byte address,
> and hence I need to use this function. I do not see how else I can get the
> network address from the ip address I have, except by using inet_aton???
>
> Thanks,
> Anjali
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Anjali Kulkarni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 1:52 AM
> Subject: Re: inet_aton
>
>
> > > I want to use the function inet_aton() in the kernel code. However, I =
> > > found no kernel equivalent of this function int the freebsd sources. I =
> > > could find inet_ntoa(), but not inet_aton(). Is it named by some other =
> > > name or how can I locate it?
> >
> > If you are trying to parse an ascii internet address in the kernel,
> > you're quite possibly making a bad design mistake - why is it still in
> > text format? If you're passing it in from another program, you should be
> > passing a sockaddr struct.
> >
> > Failing that, you'll just have to steal the code from libc and bring it
> > in yourself.
> >
> > --
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