Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list netdev); Mon, 01 Nov 2004 13:49:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from e35.co.us.ibm.com (e35.co.us.ibm.com [32.97.110.133]) by oss.sgi.com (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id iA1Lni8d014631 for ; Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:49:50 -0800 Received: from westrelay04.boulder.ibm.com (westrelay04.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.193.32]) by e35.co.us.ibm.com (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iA1LnL8m449306 for ; Mon, 1 Nov 2004 16:49:21 -0500 Received: from d03av04.boulder.ibm.com (d03av04.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.170]) by westrelay04.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.10/NCO/VER6.6) with ESMTP id iA1LnL5Y141138 for ; Mon, 1 Nov 2004 14:49:21 -0700 Received: from d03av04.boulder.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d03av04.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iA1LnKwk015022 for ; Mon, 1 Nov 2004 14:49:20 -0700 Received: from d03nm121.boulder.ibm.com (d03nm121.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.147]) by d03av04.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iA1LnKwH015015; Mon, 1 Nov 2004 14:49:20 -0700 In-Reply-To: To: Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Small Help required!!! X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.0.2CF1 June 9, 2003 Message-ID: From: David Stevens Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:49:17 -0800 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on D03NM121/03/M/IBM(Release 6.51HF338 | June 21, 2004) at 11/01/2004 14:49:20, Serialize complete at 11/01/2004 14:49:20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-archive-position: 11304 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com X-original-sender: dlstevens@us.ibm.com Precedence: bulk X-list: netdev Content-Length: 773 Lines: 22 netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com wrote on 10/30/2004 08:32:55 AM: > hi, > I needed some information about how to proceed with implementing a Name > Switch Server plugin that > allows to resolve multicast DNS names using normal libc calls(such as > gethostbyname()). > If someone has knowledge in this regard,please mail me back. I think this will already work as-is. All you should need to do is register the multicast address in the DNS server. Have you tried it? Some well-known multicast addresses (like NTP's) are commonly registered with root servers already. I haven't tried using "gethostbyame()" on a multicast address that is registered, but I'm not aware of any checks on the class of the address in any of the code. +-DLS