On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 07:36:52AM +0200, Patrick McHardy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> Again, bind() takes a bitmask of the groups to subscribe to, not the
> numerical value 5. To subscribe to group 5 using bind, you use 1<<(5-1)
> as nladdr, which is 0x10000. Check out the difference between
> RTMGRP_NOTIFY (backwards compatibility for bind()) and RTNLGRP_NOTIFY
> (used internally and for NETLINK_ADD_MEMBERSHIP).
I.e. bind nladdr is an optimisation for several calls of
NETLINK_ADD_MEMBERSHIP, as long as socket setup in netlink table?
And thus bind(5) is equal to subscribe(1); subscribe(3).
--
Evgeniy Polyakov
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