[sr-dev] git:andrei/raw_sock: raw sockets: udp send will use now raw sockets if enabled

[Andrei Pelinescu-Onciul]

On Jun 16, 2010 at 14:21, marius zbihlei <marius.zbihlei at 1and1.ro> wrote:
> Andrei Pelinescu-Onciul wrote:
> >Module: sip-router
> >Branch: andrei/raw_sock
> >Commit: 22e7e32e343724a42abc4c0c1b7986e88e50111b
> >URL:    http://git.sip-router.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/sip-router/?a=commit;h=22e7e32e343724a42abc4c0c1b7986e88e50111b
> >
> >Author: Andrei Pelinescu-Onciul <andrei at iptel.org>
> >Committer: Andrei Pelinescu-Onciul <andrei at iptel.org>
> >Date:   Tue Jun 15 16:36:14 2010 +0200
> >
> >raw sockets: udp send will use now raw sockets if enabled
> >
> >A raw socket, that will be used for sending, is now initialized on
> >startup. The operation can succeed only if sr is started as root
> >or with CAP_NET_RAW.
> >If the initialization fails and the raw sockets are forced on from
> >the config (udp4_raw = 1), ser won't start. If the raw socket are
> >in auto mode (udp4_raw = -1), sr will start, but with the raw
> >socket send part disabled (normal udp send will be used).
> >
> >If the raw socket part is not disabled at startup, it can be
> >turned anytime on/off via the runtime cfg. framework.
> >
> >Note: the raw socket send is supported only over ipv4 and for now
> >only on linux.
> >
> Hello,
> 
> Good to see that the last bits are in order. I will start with
> performance testing a.s.a.p

Great, you need:
git checkout -b raw_socks origin/andrei/socks
make config extra_defs=-DUSE_RAW_SOCKS

and in .cfg: 
 udp4_raw=1 # or -1
 udp4_mtu=... (if you have a lower mut then 1500)

I probably won't be able to do any performance testing this week.

Andrei