Subject: Re: Layer-2 socket proposal
To: Christian E. Hopps <chopps@merit.edu>
From: Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au>
List: tech-net
Date: 12/28/1999 13:39:08
In some email I received from Christian E. Hopps, sie wrote:
[...]
> sdl_index/sdl_nlen+sdl_data
> -- specifies which interface to receive frame
> from. If no interface is specified then every
> interface is eligible.
>
> sdl_type -- if no interface is chosen the user
> can select a specific interface type,
> e.g., IFT_ETHER.
>
> sdl_slen+sdl_data
> -- specifies a selector in the logical frame.
> e.g. for FRAMETYPE_E2 it would be a 2 octet
> value specifying the ethertype, and for
> FRAMETYPE_LLC it would be the destination
> service access point (i.e., llc_dsap).
[...]
sdl_data is used twice here...are these three therefore mutually exclusive
options ? I think it would be useful to be able to specify a combination
of these things.
Darren