Subject: Re: [RFC 0/5] bridge - introduce via_phys_dev feature

From: Ben Greear <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:40:46 -0800

On 02/26/2010 10:30 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:08:00 -0800 (PST)
> David Miller<[email-masked]>  wrote:
>
>> From: Stephen Hemminger<[email-masked]>
>> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:01:02 -0800
>>
>>> TCP connections are never really bound to device. TCP routing is
>>> flexible; if packets can get through, it doesn't care.
>>
>> I think he might be talking about SO_BINDTODEVICE
>
> What application does that with TCP?

I use it..helps with using multiple interfaces on the same system,
especially when sending-to-self.

Thanks,
Ben

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