On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 10:46:54AM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Andi Kleen wrote: > >> But the spec calls for a "null address" to be used and that's in my > >> understanding something different from using AF_UNSPEC. > > > > memset(&sockaddr, 0, sizeof(sockaddr)) should give you AF_UNSPEC > > But the spec calls for <quote>null address for the protocol</quote>. > > That means the family for the null address is the same as the family of > the socket.
Spec doesn't match traditional behaviour then. IPv4 0.0.0.0 is traditionally an synonym for old style all broadcast (255.255.255.255) on UDP/RAW and it's certainly possible to connect() to that. -Andi - 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
