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Re: Ask for suggestions: Is it practical for me, a mediocre programmer,
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Samuel Thibault |
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Re: Ask for suggestions: Is it practical for me, a mediocre programmer, to implement the support of `IPV6_TCLASS` control for Hurd? |
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Wed, 26 May 2021 11:25:49 +0200 |
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Hello,
hahawang, le mer. 26 mai 2021 17:10:08 +0800, a ecrit:
> 1. Why doesn't GNU have a support to `IPv6_TCLASS`?
Simply because nobody took the time to do it yet.
> Is there exists any obstacles found in the past that are hard to
> overcome?
I don't think there is.
> 2. Are there any documentations to describe the network architecture and
> its implementations, including current status, what to do in next?
The current status is that we want to migrate to lwip
http://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/hurd/translator/lwip/
so as to benefit from its maintenance instead of maintaing the tcp/ip
stack ourself. Lwip itself doesn't support tclass, but that's probably a
contribution they would welcome.
> 3. Is it feasible for a mediocre programmer to implement a complete
> support of `IPV6_TCLASS` for GNU Hurd?
It completely depends what "mediocre" means. I have seen so many levels
of it. What I'm sure of is that a "mediocre" programmer can work and
become a better programmer, and having a programming goal helps with it.
Samuel