[one more minor change which is needed on older kernels]
Add an option to specify the host IP to send multicast packets from when
using a multicast socket for networking. The option takes an IP address
and sets the IP_MULTICAST_IF socket option, which causes the packets to
use that IP's interface
Add an option to specify the host IP to send multicast packets from when
using a multicast socket for networking. The option takes an IP address
and sets the IP_MULTICAST_IF socket option, which causes the packets to
use that IP's interface as an egress.
This is useful if the host machine has
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:48:45AM -0800, Mike Ryan wrote:
Michael, this patch implements the feature with a bind address instead
of a bind interface. It should address the cross-platform issues that
were raised.
Others: any comments?
Looks ok. This does not handle IPv6 but the rest of the
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 03:05:49PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:48:45AM -0800, Mike Ryan wrote:
Michael, this patch implements the feature with a bind address instead
of a bind interface. It should address the cross-platform issues that
were raised.
Michael, this patch implements the feature with a bind address instead
of a bind interface. It should address the cross-platform issues that
were raised.
Others: any comments?
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 05:16:26PM -0800, Mike Ryan wrote:
Add an option to specify the host IP to send multicast
Add an option to specify the host IP to send multicast packets from when
using a multicast socket for networking. The option takes an IP address
and sets the IP_MULTICAST_IF socket option, which causes the packets to
use that IP's interface as an egress.
This is useful if the host machine has
