Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/5] linux-user: manage SOCK_PACKET socket type

[Peter Maydell]

On 28 October 2015 at 20:40, Laurent Vivier <address@hidden> wrote:
> This is obsolete, but if we want to use dhcp with some distros (like debian
> ppc 8.2 jessie), we need it.
>
> bind() uses an interface name instead an interface index, and socket()
> needs network order value to encode the protocol.
>
> v3: update cover letter message,
>     insert Reviewed-by: in PATCH 1 and PATCH 2
>     insert fd_trans_target_to_host_addr into target_to_host_sockaddr and
>     pass fd, check fd is >= 0, rename packet_target_to_host_addr to
>     packet_target_to_host_sockaddr
>
> v2: Split the patch in 4 parts to manage protocol endianness (socket()) and
>     interface name (bind()) in different patches.
>     Use TargetFdTrans array to manage the SOCK_PACKET type special case in
>     bind().
>     The two others patches are here to introduce a new function in 
> TargetFdTrans
>     to translate sockaddr data structure (rename previous functions to be
>     clear).
>
> Laurent Fiver (5):

This name doesn't match the names on the actual patch mails,
but those are right so I guess it doesn't matter.

>   linux-user: SOCK_PACKET uses network endian to encode protocol in
>     socket()
>   linux-user: rename TargetFdFunc to TargetFdDataFunc,     and structure
>     fields accordingly
>   linux-user: add a function hook to translate sockaddr
>   linux-user: manage bind with a socket of SOCK_PACKET type.
>   linux-user: check fd is >= 0     in
>     fd_trans_host_to_target_data/fd_trans_host_to_target_addr

Series
Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>

thanks
-- PMM