On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 06:08:21PM -0700, Federico Sacerdoti ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Q. Why do we use libdnet? > > A. Many things in unix are fairly similar across various OS flavors, whereas > something as simple as wanting to know "what are all the network interfaces > on this box?" or "which network interfaces are multicast-enabled?" is not > easy. Libdnet provides a uniform API to help answer these network-related > questions. We currently use libdnet to query multicast-enabled network > interfaces on a machine, and for metrics such as MTU. However, our tests show > the version of libdnet we use does not support AIX fully. >
What doesn't work on AIX? I've fixed any dnet problems I've encountered, (particularly with the stupid thing not building). My impression from dnet's own faq is that arp and route stuff is all that doesn't fully support AIX, and ganglia doesn't even use them.. I've not had any problems with any of the dnet stuff on AIX, but I'm not doing anything fancy with multicast routes, different channels, or multiple interfaces on AIX.. There's the grain of salt. Just curious, and if there's a problem, I'll try and help find a fix/workaround for 2.5.0. -- Preston Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UNIX Analyst Purdue University Physics Computer Network GPG Fingerprint: 6D27 5DAA F58D C42B 7A6B 8F48 04E4 2465 F353 03F6
