Re: curl-loader on Solaris?

[Frank F. <fra...@gm...>]

Hello Robert,

thanks for your fast reply!

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 05:21:48PM +0300, Robert Iakobashvili wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Frank Fegert <fra...@gm...> wrote:
> > the FAQ mentions only Linux as a supported OS and the list archives
> > didn't indicate anyone trying to run curl-loader on Solaris. Before
> > i dig deeper in the sources, how are the chances of actually getting
> > curl-loader build and running on Solaris? Is it that Linux-specific
> > or is there a real chance it'll be running and give reasonable results?
> 
> We are using netlink sockets and secondary IP addresses.
> If Solaris supports them and has some such API, you can
> give it a try.
> If not, there is a plenty amount of work to do for that.

Netlink sockets are not supported on Solaris unless the XNET library
functions (see [1]) are fairly similar to the Linux netlink API. 
Secondary IP adresses are supported via logical interfaces and the
"if" ioctls SIOCLIFADDIF/SIOCLIFREMOVEIF, see [2].
In your opinion, would that be sufficient for an adaption to Solaris?
Or does anyone know an alternative to curl-loader runable on Solaris
(probably the wrong list to ask this ;-) )?

Thanks & best regards,

	Frank


[1] http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-0696/6mgfrf0gr?l=en&q=3XNET&a=expand
[2] http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-5177/if-7p?l=en&a=view