I think ip6.h should change

Philip Blundell philb@gnu.org
Tue Jan 5 11:01:00 GMT 1999


>The definition of ip6_hdr in ip6.h does not comply with RFC 2460.
>The reason is that the new header format is 8 bits for traffic class
>and 20 bits for flow label rather than 4 bits priority and 24 bits
>flow label. I also think it's a good idea to use bit fields.

There doesn't seem to be an updated version of the Advanced Sockets API, even 
as an Internet-Draft.  I'd prefer not to change this until Stevens and the 
standards people come up with something otherwise we'll probably just have 
to change it again when they do.

p.





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