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| author | Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk> | 2007-10-05 01:40:22 +0400 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net> | 2007-10-11 03:54:32 +0400 |
| commit | 126acd5bf769fcb80e38a5360ad12b842d6d29d4 (patch) | |
| tree | c57698ec1cab7a744dcfdde5b4c8ef2edd3f433a /Documentation/networking | |
| parent | 042d18f9f39a51716683b4e156fbee689314bb22 (diff) | |
| download | linux-126acd5bf769fcb80e38a5360ad12b842d6d29d4.tar.xz | |
[DCCP]: Update API documentation
This adds documentation on the use of service codes on client and
server.
Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
Signed-off-by: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/dccp.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt b/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt index f9157180f7d8..fc8b4fa0b141 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt @@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ Socket options DCCP_SOCKOPT_SERVICE sets the service. The specification mandates use of service codes (RFC 4340, sec. 8.1.2); if this socket option is not set, the socket will fall back to 0 (which means that no meaningful service code -is present). Connecting sockets set at most one service option; for -listening sockets, multiple service codes can be specified. +is present). On active sockets this is set before connect(); specifying more +than one code has no effect (all subsequent service codes are ignored). The +case is different for passive sockets, where multiple service codes (up to 32) +can be set before calling bind(). DCCP_SOCKOPT_GET_CUR_MPS is read-only and retrieves the current maximum packet size (application payload size) in bytes, see RFC 4340, section 14. @@ -124,5 +126,5 @@ Notes ===== DCCP does not travel through NAT successfully at present on many boxes. This is -because the checksum covers the psuedo-header as per TCP and UDP. Linux NAT +because the checksum covers the pseudo-header as per TCP and UDP. Linux NAT support for DCCP has been added. |