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Re: I think ip6.h should change
- To: Stig Venaas <venaas@nvg.ntnu.no>
- Subject: Re: I think ip6.h should change
- From: Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org>
- Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 16:25:49 +0100
- cc: libc-alpha@cygnus.com
>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.