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Re: [SCTP-Discussion] lksctp in Sourceforge and lksctp in Windriver Linux


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  • From: Michael Tüxen <Michael.Tuexen AT micmac.franken.de>
  • To: Karthik Balaguru <karthikbalaguru AT tataelxsi.co.in>
  • Cc: sctp-discussion AT sctp.de
  • Subject: Re: [SCTP-Discussion] lksctp in Sourceforge and lksctp in Windriver Linux
  • Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:17:04 +0200
  • List-archive: <http://lists.franken.de/pipermail/sctp-discussion>
  • List-id: SCTP Discussions <sctp-discussion.sctp.de>

On Jun 28, 2011, at 10:36 AM, Karthik Balaguru wrote:

> Dear Michael Tüxen,
>
> Thank you for the clarification.
>
> I understand that sctplib is for userland and lksctp that is available
> as a loadable module is the kernel SCTP.
>
> I have been analyzing the various SCTP implementations in Linux.
>
> Can you please let me know the advantages of sctplib over lksctp ?
If your target platform is Linux, I would recommend the kernel
implementation. Same for FreeBSD or Solaris.

Best regards
Michael
>
> Best regards,
> Karthik Balaguru
>
>
>
> Michael Tüxen wrote:
>> On Jun 27, 2011, at 3:12 PM, Karthik Balaguru wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hello Everybody,
>>>
>>> I have been analyzing the SCTP support in Windriver Linux.
>>> I have a query related to lksctp that is being provided with Windriver
>>> Linux.
>>>
>>> 1. The below link seems to convey that for kernel 2.6.16, the version of
>>> lksctp is 1.0.6 -
>>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/lksctp/files/lksctp/2.6.16-1.0.6/
>>>
>>> 2. The below link seems to convey that from 2.6.22 onwards , the version
>>> of lksctp is 1.0.7
>>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/lksctp/files/lksctp/2.6.22-1.0.7/
>>>
>>> 3. The below link lists lksctp-tools with version 1.0.6.
>>> http://www.akae.cn/study/ebook/wrs/wrLinux/wr_linux_platforms_release_notes_2.0.pdf
>>> The windriver linux is based on kernel 2.6.21 and the lksctp version is
>>> 1.0.6 . Considering
>>> the points 1 and 2 also, this seems to justify that for kernel versions
>>> from 2.6.16 to 2.6.21 ,
>>> the lksctp version is 1.0.6.
>>>
>>> So, i suspect that Windriver linux in turn provides the lksctp-tools from
>>> sourceforge based on the
>>> kernel version.
>>>
>>> Can you please confirm whether my understanding/analysis is correct ?
>>>
>> Hi Karthik,
>>
>> this list provides support for the sctplib implementation, not for the
>> Linux
>> kernel implementation. You might want to ask this question on the LKSCTP
>> list or contact Windriver.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Michael
>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Karthik Balaguru
>>>
>>>
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