Re: inet string functions

[Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn at redhat dot com>]

Shaun Jackman wrote:
> On 6/5/06, Shaun Jackman <sjackman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would find it very useful to have access to the inet string
> > functions, such as inet_aton and inet_ntoa. These functions currently
> > reside in libc/sys/linux/net/ and are BSD licensed. It seems to me a
> > new libc/net directory would be appropriate for net functions that do
> > not require a syscall.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Shaun
>
>
> Comments?
>
> -- sdj

Are such net functions generally useful to platforms that don't have 
inet_addr and friends or is this something that Cygwin and RTEMS would 
want to share?

I continue to stress that if you add arm support to libc/sys/arm, such 
functions are automatically provided and you don't have a piece-meal 
solution that only supports an arbitrary subset of applications.  We 
already have the EL/IX standard.

-- Jeff J.