Missing network primitive

> Hi,
>
> While working on OCEAN (yes, yes, we're still working on it :-) we have an annoying issue.
> We have some netname resolver tests that do work with the Squeak Mac VM 5.8, but they are not working in the Mac Cog VMs.
>
> This is because the  following primitives are missing at the VM side. Still, they are useful cause they allow getting addresses of all network interfaces of your machine.
>
> primitiveResolverGetAddressInfo
> primitiveResolverGetAddressInfoSize
> primitiveResolverGetAddressInfoResult
> primitiveResolverGetNameInfo
> primitiveResolverGetNameInfoHostSize
> primitiveResolverGetNameInfoHostResult
> primitiveResolverGetAddressInfoNext
>
>
> There are methods defined in the old NetNameResolver (class side) that call these primitives, but they are NOT referenced.
> primGetAddressInfoHost:service:flags:family:type:protocol:
> primGetAddressInfoSize
> primGetAddressInfoResult:
> primGetNameInfo:flags:
> primGetNameInfoHostSize
> primGetNameInfoHostResult:
> primGetAddressInfoNext
>
> We checked the SqueakVM SVN, and they are there in the SocketPlugin.c
> Why didn't they get introduced in Mac CogVM?
> Are there missing for other platforms too?

> On Sat, 10 Dec 2011, Noury Bouraqadi wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> While working on OCEAN (yes, yes, we're still working on it :-) we have an annoying issue.
>> We have some netname resolver tests that do work with the Squeak Mac VM 5.8, but they are not working in the Mac Cog VMs.
>>
>> This is because the  following primitives are missing at the VM side. Still, they are useful cause they allow getting addresses of all network interfaces of your machine.
>>
>> primitiveResolverGetAddressInfo
>> primitiveResolverGetAddressInfoSize
>> primitiveResolverGetAddressInfoResult
>> primitiveResolverGetNameInfo
>> primitiveResolverGetNameInfoHostSize
>> primitiveResolverGetNameInfoHostResult
>> primitiveResolverGetAddressInfoNext
>>
>>
>> There are methods defined in the old NetNameResolver (class side) that call these primitives, but they are NOT referenced.
>> primGetAddressInfoHost:service:flags:family:type:protocol:
>> primGetAddressInfoSize
>> primGetAddressInfoResult:
>> primGetNameInfo:flags:
>> primGetNameInfoHostSize
>> primGetNameInfoHostResult:
>> primGetAddressInfoNext
>>
>> We checked the SqueakVM SVN, and they are there in the SocketPlugin.c
>> Why didn't they get introduced in Mac CogVM?
>> Are there missing for other platforms too?
>
> Yes they are, CogVM was forked before these were added to SqueakVM.
>
>
> Levente
>
>>
>> Luc and Noury
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>>
>>
>>
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