In article <20030319.192331.95884882.davem@xxxxxxxxxx> (at Wed, 19 Mar 2003
19:23:31 -0800 (PST)), "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx> says:
> > I'm going to apply this, with the small change that dev_getany() is
> > renamed to dev_get_by_flags() which more accurately describes
> > what the routine does.
>
> Again: I don't like API at all.
>
> Anycast address management itself in that patch would be ok.
> However, JOIN/LEAVE is NOT useful and userland application will be
> incompatible with other implementation. (sigh...)
> I think linux likes unicast model (assign address like unicast address),
> too.
>
> Please propose alternative API, or do you suggest not
> to export this facility to user at all?
I like to assign address like unicast (using ioctl and rtnetlink
(RTN_ANYCAST)).
We suggest you not exporting this facilicy until finishing new API
(And, another API would be standardized;
This is another reason why I am against exporting that API for now.)
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