- 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
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On Jun 28, 2011, at 10:36 AM, Karthik Balaguru wrote:
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Dear Michael Tüxen,
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Thank you for the clarification.
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I understand that sctplib is for userland and lksctp that is available
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as a loadable module is the kernel SCTP.
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I have been analyzing the various SCTP implementations in Linux.
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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
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Best regards,
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Karthik Balaguru
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Michael Tüxen wrote:
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> On Jun 27, 2011, at 3:12 PM, Karthik Balaguru wrote:
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>> Hello Everybody,
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>> I have been analyzing the SCTP support in Windriver Linux.
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>> I have a query related to lksctp that is being provided with Windriver
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>> Linux.
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>> 1. The below link seems to convey that for kernel 2.6.16, the version of
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>> lksctp is 1.0.6 -
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>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/lksctp/files/lksctp/2.6.16-1.0.6/
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>> 2. The below link seems to convey that from 2.6.22 onwards , the version
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>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/lksctp/files/lksctp/2.6.22-1.0.7/
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>> 3. The below link lists lksctp-tools with version 1.0.6.
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>> http://www.akae.cn/study/ebook/wrs/wrLinux/wr_linux_platforms_release_notes_2.0.pdf
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>> The windriver linux is based on kernel 2.6.21 and the lksctp version is
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>> 1.0.6 . Considering
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>> the points 1 and 2 also, this seems to justify that for kernel versions
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>> from 2.6.16 to 2.6.21 ,
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>> the lksctp version is 1.0.6.
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>> So, i suspect that Windriver linux in turn provides the lksctp-tools from
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>> sourceforge based on the
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>> kernel version.
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>> Can you please confirm whether my understanding/analysis is correct ?
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> Hi Karthik,
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> this list provides support for the sctplib implementation, not for the
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> kernel implementation. You might want to ask this question on the LKSCTP
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> Best regards
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> Michael
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>> Best regards,
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>> Karthik Balaguru
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