Peter Memishian wrote:

> If you want to use this for sending UDP or ICMP packets you can use > IP_PKTINFO socket option. However IP_PKTINFO is only available in onnv.

Seems like everything using IP_XMIT_IF today could be changed to use
IP_PKTINFO; is there a technical reason why this cannot or should not be
done?  It'd be nice to avoid having too many of these mechanisms.

--
meem
It probably can be, but it would require some work. For example unlike IP_XMIT_IF, IP_PKTINFO is not a sticky option.

Rao.
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