Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262258AbUKAXBe (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Nov 2004 18:01:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S380046AbUKAXAP (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Nov 2004 18:00:15 -0500 Received: from e34.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.132]:38564 "EHLO e34.co.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S274359AbUKAVtW (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Nov 2004 16:49:22 -0500 In-Reply-To: To: Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Small Help required!!! X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.0.2CF1 June 9, 2003 Message-ID: From: David Stevens Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:49:17 -0800 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on D03NM121/03/M/IBM(Release 6.51HF338 | June 21, 2004) at 11/01/2004 14:49:20, Serialize complete at 11/01/2004 14:49:20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1017 Lines: 27 netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com wrote on 10/30/2004 08:32:55 AM: > hi, > I needed some information about how to proceed with implementing a Name > Switch Server plugin that > allows to resolve multicast DNS names using normal libc calls(such as > gethostbyname()). > If someone has knowledge in this regard,please mail me back. I think this will already work as-is. All you should need to do is register the multicast address in the DNS server. Have you tried it? Some well-known multicast addresses (like NTP's) are commonly registered with root servers already. I haven't tried using "gethostbyame()" on a multicast address that is registered, but I'm not aware of any checks on the class of the address in any of the code. +-DLS - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/