What socket protocol/address families are supported ?

Oyake, Amalaye (3424) amalaye.oyake at jpl.nasa.gov
Mon Nov 1 22:24:40 UTC 2010


Hello,

what protocol/address families does the RTEMS BSD Socket API support (beyond
the generic AF_INET)?

Does it support support all the ones that Linux supports (seen below)?

       Name                Purpose                          Man page
       AF_UNIX, AF_LOCAL   Local communication              unix(7)
       AF_INET             IPv4 Internet protocols          ip(7)
       AF_INET6            IPv6 Internet protocols          ipv6(7)
       AF_IPX              IPX - Novell protocols
       AF_NETLINK          Kernel user interface device     netlink(7)
       AF_X25              ITU-T X.25 / ISO-8208 protocol   x25(7)
       AF_AX25             Amateur radio AX.25 protocol
       AF_ATMPVC           Access to raw ATM PVCs
       AF_APPLETALK        Appletalk                        ddp(7)
       AF_PACKET           Low level packet interface       packet(7)

Regards,
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