Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:49:27 +0530 From: "Anjali Kulkarni" <anjali@indranetworks.com> To: "Mike Smith" <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: inet_aton Message-ID: <007601c11999$865df600$0a00a8c0@indranet> References: <200107282022.f6SKMhJ01990@mass.dis.org>
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Hi, Thanks for your response. The reason I am trying to use inet_aton is because I am writing a kernel proxy which connects to a webserver etc. etc. So, I need to convert the server's ip address to the network byte address, and hence I need to use this function. I do not see how else I can get the network address from the ip address I have, except by using inet_aton??? Thanks, Anjali ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Anjali Kulkarni <anjali@indranetworks.com> Cc: <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 1:52 AM Subject: Re: inet_aton > > I want to use the function inet_aton() in the kernel code. However, I = > > found no kernel equivalent of this function int the freebsd sources. I = > > could find inet_ntoa(), but not inet_aton(). Is it named by some other = > > name or how can I locate it? > > If you are trying to parse an ascii internet address in the kernel, > you're quite possibly making a bad design mistake - why is it still in > text format? If you're passing it in from another program, you should be > passing a sockaddr struct. > > Failing that, you'll just have to steal the code from libc and bring it > in yourself. > > -- > ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his > rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want > to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force > people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] > V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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