Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 12:17:27 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: Benjamin Gras <ben@nl.euro.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FS interface to sockets? Message-ID: <19980107121727.55819@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <199801071832.TAA04945@support.euronet.nl>; from Benjamin Gras on Wed, Jan 07, 1998 at 07:32:55PM %2B0100 References: <199801071832.TAA04945@support.euronet.nl>
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Benjamin Gras scribbled this message on Jan 7: > I'm thinking in terms of providing access to raw sockets, subject to > access restrictions of a node in /dev per protocol (so you'd have /dev/ip_raw, > /dev/ip_icmp, /dev/ip_udp, and so on). The minor device number would be > the direct protocol number. This exists on (God keep us) Solaris. > > Now I've searched around for a similar interface under FreeBSD, but apart > from a few short comments on this list about the naming of nodes with the > new devfs (/dev/net/*), I've found nothing (FAQ, handbook, mailling lists, > LINT config, kernel sources, ..).. The context on this list seemed to be one > of an obsolete system, is this the case? > > Now I've written a kernel module that does what I want (be a device > driver for socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, %d)), and it seems to > work nicely. Should I finish it up, apply for a major device number and > publish it? Or has it already been done? yep... look at mount_portal... I haven't tested it... but this is what should be used to things like this... -- John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Cu Networking P.O. Box 5693, 97405 Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD
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