Re: [Freeipmi-devel] ipmi_open_free_udp_port

2006-07-21 Thread Al Chu
No responses, I'll take it there is no issue then. Al On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 14:33 -0700, Al Chu wrote: Is there a portability issue on some OS that makes this function a requirement? I see no reason for it: A) The IPMI ports are 1023, which means they are reserved ports B) Reserved

Re: [Freeipmi-devel] ipmi_open_free_udp_port

2006-07-21 Thread Anand Avati
On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 08:37:00AM -0700, Al Chu wrote: No responses, I'll take it there is no issue then. Al On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 14:33 -0700, Al Chu wrote: Is there a portability issue on some OS that makes this function a requirement? I see no reason for it: A) The IPMI ports

[Freeipmi-devel] ipmi_open_free_udp_port

2006-07-18 Thread Al Chu
Is there a portability issue on some OS that makes this function a requirement? I see no reason for it: A) The IPMI ports are 1023, which means they are reserved ports B) Reserved ports shouldn't be gained via an ephemeral port (i.e. bind to port 0). Unless there is some wierd OS where 'B' is