Re: NEW-AX.25: Starting to clean up socket API

From: Jean-Paul ROUBELAT (lxluzxc@endel.fr)
Date: Fri Mar 03 2000 - 07:47:45 EET

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    From: Chuck Gelm <enwhyrnu.kcsngrtfs@mg-services.net>

    > Howdy, Y'all:
    >
    > IMHO, digipeating is obsolete.

    Digipeating is maybe obsolete but digipeater fields are not. They are mainly
    used for routing information within networks (flex, rose, fpac, etc...)

    >
    > 73, Chuck nc8q
    >
    >
    > Joerg Reuter wrote:
    > >
    > > Hi folks,
    > >
    > > the existing API for AX.25 sockets is a bit too liberal concerning
    > > the size of the sockaddr structure. It makes the code hard to read
    > > (thus difficult to maintain) and almost impossible to implement
    > > alternative ideas. In fact, we have three different structures to
    > > choose from:
    > >
    > > - struct sockaddr_ax25 (obsolete, does not allow digipeaters)
    > <snip>
    >

    73,
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