What socket protocol/address families are supported ?

[Joel Sherrill]

  On 11/01/2010 05:24 PM, Oyake, Amalaye (3424) wrote:
> Hello,
>
> what protocol/address families does the RTEMS BSD Socket API support (beyond
> the generic AF_INET)?
I am pretty sure AF_UNIX and AF_LOCAL are supported.  I believe
that the others are not.

If this is an issue, it is just one more reason to upgrade the network
stack to a more recent version and pick up more of the infrastructure
this time.  The network stack upgrade is a project that really needs
some sponsorship.
> 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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