[collectd] [PATCH] Interface option for network plugin

[Sebastian Harl]

Hi,

On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 06:17:35PM +0100, Florian Forster wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:49:02PM +0100, Max Henkel wrote:
> > +		if (! IN_MULTICAST (ntohl (addr->sin_addr.s_addr)))
> > +			return (0);
> 
> Doesn't it make sense to be able to set the interface in unicast mode,
> too? For example if the host has multiple default gateways. The
> socket(7) option "SO_BINDTODEVICE" could be used for this I guess.

Please note that, iIrc, that option is Linux-specific. Not sure whether
that also applies to the patch proposed by Max, though.

Cheers,
Sebastian

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