netdev - Re: [PATCH] Implement IP_UNICAST

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:01:48 +0100
From:	Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@...u.net>
To:	"Erich E. Hoover" <ehoover@...es.edu>
Cc:	Linux Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Implement IP_UNICAST_IF socket option.

On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:57:48 -0700, "Erich E. Hoover" wrote:

> The IP_UNICAST_IF feature is needed by the Wine project.  This patch
> implements the feature by setting the outgoing interface in the same
> fashion as that of IP_PKTINFO.

Why duplicate functionality - rewrite your application and use IP_PKTINFO
or bind() your socket. This patch duplicate already existing functionality
(and bloat inet_sock unnecessarily).

Hagen
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