In article <[email protected]>, Robert Swindells <[email protected]> wrote: > >[email protected] (Christos Zoulas) wrote: >>In article <[email protected]>, >>Robert Swindells <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>[email protected] (Christos Zoulas) wrote: >>>>In article <[email protected]>, >>>> >>>>So depending on the contents of the sockval we do something different? >>> >>>FreeBSD does. The calls to copy in or out the data are scattered >>>throughout the network stack. >> >>Is sockval always an int? > >Do you mean optname or optval ?
optval. >The operation required for setsockopt() is to mostly set things but in >certain cases to return an int value that results from setting stuff. I've lost track of what we are trying to achieve :-( Can you please post an example? Also lets compile a table of choices that has: - description of what's done - which os implemented it (if any) - pros - cons Or something along those lines so we can make a decision? Thanks, christos
