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Hi Eric,

On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 03:59:30PM +0100, Eric Auge wrote:

> /usr/src/sys/netinet/raw_ip.c :
> [...]
> /*
>  * XXX Compatibility: programs using raw IP expect ip_len
>  * XXX to have the header length subtracted, and in host order.
>  * XXX ip_off is also expected to be host order.
>  */
>  ip->ip_len =3D ntohs(ip->ip_len) - (ip->ip_hl << 2);
>  NTOHS(ip->ip_off);
> [...]
>=20
> I don't understand this behavior and comment.
>=20
> What "programs" using SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_RAW (the behavior for undefined p=
rotos
> seems to be similar to the IPPROTO_RAW one) expect the RAW IP header
> len(ip->ip_len) to be substracted from the size of the IP header without =
ripping
> off the header itself ...?

I think I read a comment somewhere (Stevens Vol. 2 ?) that programs get=20
the same environment they would get in the kernel at a some calling point.

Sounds reasonable - you can test basic stuff, before you start building
and booting kernels.

For serious work, you'd socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, PROTO_OSPF) (and
write the code to support that in the kernel).

Regards,
	-is

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