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Re: sin6_scope_id

To: ak@xxxxxx
Subject: Re: sin6_scope_id
From: Yuji Sekiya <sekiya@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 10:36:18 +0900
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In-reply-to: In your message of "Thu, 13 Jan 2000 01:47:14 +0100" <20000113014714.A3983@fred.muc.de>
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At Thu, 13 Jan 2000 01:47:14 +0100,
Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxx> wrote:

Hello,

> Anyways, there is a unused 16bit field in the linux sockaddr_ipv6,
> so adding it later for source code compatibility is always possible.

Really ? Where is a unused 16 bit field ??
Furthermore, sin6_socpe_id requires 32bit field.

Other operating systems has been implemented
sin6_scope_id in sockaddr_in6 already. We encounterd the problem
of application portability.

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