Re: OOB handling

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 02:41:16 +0000 (GMT)


> While porting a program to linux, I noticed strange thing with out-of-band
> data handling. After looking at the kernel source, I found that only one
> byte of OOB data can be handled on linux. Am I correct?

BSD compatibility. Its also 1 off the sequence number specified in the spec
because BSD kind of overruled the internet into their behaviour on this one
(its not as microsoft as it sounds - the history is sane)

Actually truth is nobody every really figured out a real use for urgent
data or clarified the semantics. Linux and everything else I know its
one byte of date 1 byte off from the notional spec

Alan

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