Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 09:54:12 -0800 From: "George V. Neville-Neil" <gnn@neville-neil.com> To: "cfliu" <cfliu@csie.nctu.edu.tw> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is recv/sendmsg important for AF_INET only sockets? Message-ID: <200203011754.JAA1829498@meer.meer.net> In-Reply-To: Message from "cfliu" <cfliu@csie.nctu.edu.tw> of "Fri, 01 Mar 2002 15:53:04 %2B0800." <001301c1c0f6$1e517ff0$872114ac@RTCN3848>
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> Hi, I am implementing a small BSD socket layer which supports only the = > AF_INET family. I am wondering whether recvmsg() and sendmsg() calls are = > required for the INET protocol family. I don't know if I should = > implemented it or not. I have looked up some open source projects and = > grepped for recvmsg and sendmsg calls but couldn't find any. How often = > do people use recvmsg/sendmsg() calls (also readv()/writev()) in their = > BSD socket based Internet applications? Is it safe NOT to implement = > these functions for a INET socket? These are used by applications that are implemented on top of UDP and they're very useful. If I were a consumer of your product I'd be pretty disappointed if these calls were not there. Later, George -- George V. Neville-Neil gnn@neville-neil.com NIC:GN82 "Those who would trade liberty for temporary security deserve neither" - Benjamin Franklin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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