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Date:      Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:28:37 +0700
From:      Eugene Grosbein <eugen@kuzbass.ru>
To:        Bruce M Simpson <bms@incunabulum.net>
Cc:        net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Interface index hack in IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP
Message-ID:  <20070319152837.GA3984@svzserv.kemerovo.su>
In-Reply-To: <45FE9E24.8010201@incunabulum.net>
References:  <45FE9E24.8010201@incunabulum.net>

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On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 02:28:52PM +0000, Bruce M Simpson wrote:

> I plan to get rid of the ugly little ip_multicast_if() hack in the IP 
> stack.=
> Before I do, is anyone actually using this?
> 
> RFC 3678 specifies a protocol independent API for socket group 
> memberships which allow joins on interfaces referenced by index. This is 
> intended to support IGMPv3 and MLDv2.

I recall that routed and ripd used to utilize something similar
long time ago. I'm not sure if they have switched to another API.

Eugene



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