2008/688 Sun Cluster TCP/IP Hooks Update

[James Carlson]

Huafeng Lu writes:
> To support the IP instance information, and to support future changes, 
> we could change the API to use a TLV (type, length, value). We can put 
> all paramters in a structure like:
> 	typedef cl_hook_param {
> 		int	cl_type;
> 		size_t	cl_len;
> 		uint8_t	cl_value[];
> 	} cl_hook_param_t;
> Thus, all future changes can be handled.

Not sure how that'd work, but I suggest discussing the issue with the
other folks involved in the project and then bringing the completed
proposal back for ARC review.

(My guess is that the 'types' defined effectively become part of the
API itself, so the support for future changes given by that may be a
little limited.)

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