On Thu, 2006-09-02 at 15:18 +0200, Hasso Tepper wrote: > jamal wrote: > > > It is sad, that dead nl_groups stays in struct sockaddr_nl, of > > > course. > > > > Its value has been highly reduced for sure. > > Let me know your thoughts on the xcast idea. > > All routing protocols suite implementations use it to select rtnetlink > multicast groups they want to listen in various stages of work. >
That would still work fine. What is broken is ability to send a message (from user space) so that multiple groups can hear it. Look at libnetlink::rtnl_talk() when "groups" parameter is a bitmask representing more than one group. Do you guys use libnetlink at all? cheers, jamal - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
