Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] linux-user: Added IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP/IP_DROP_MEMBERSHIP flags to setsockopt

[Riku Voipio]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:00:18PM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> Riku Voipio wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 09:35:52PM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> > > Riku Voipio wrote:
> > > > These are defined in include/linux/in.h so they should be same on all 
> > > > archs?
> > 
> > > But what if you're compiling for a non-Linux host?
> > 
> > Generally speaking if you comple Qemu Linux-user on a non-Linux host you
> > just fail. With or without this patch.

> Oh.  Are non-Linux hosts officially not supported, or is this just a
> matter of some things being broken?

It is not officially supported. There are just too many places in the
current linux-user code that expect a linux host. Thou there has been
interest in working those bits to be more generic recently. recently.