From 4d1f3d3cd05569b0bd8ed43ed14ef691935c7f0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:43:29 +0000 Subject: Added README.hostip --- lib/README.hostip | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 lib/README.hostip (limited to 'lib/README.hostip') diff --git a/lib/README.hostip b/lib/README.hostip new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9723b93fd --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/README.hostip @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ + hostip.c explained + ================== + + The main COMPILE-TIME DEFINES to keep in mind when reading the host*.c + source file are these: + + CURLRES_IPV6 - this host has getaddrinfo() and family, and thus we use + that. The host may not be able to resolve IPv6, but we don't really have to + take that into account. Hosts that aren't IPv6-enabled have CURLRES_IPV4 + defined. + + CURLRES_ARES - is defined if libcurl is built to use c-ares for asynchronous + name resolves. It cannot have ENABLE_IPV6 defined at the same time, as c-ares + has no ipv6 support. This can be Windows or *nix. + + CURLRES_THREADED - is defined if libcurl is built to run under (native) + Windows, and then the name resolve will be done in a new thread, and the + supported asynch API will be the same as for ares-builds. + + If any of the two previous are defined, CURLRES_ASYNCH is defined too. If + libcurl is not built to use an asynchronous resolver, CURLRES_SYNCH is + defined. + + The host*.c sources files are split up like this: + + hostip.c - method-independent resolver functions and utility functions + hostasyn.c - functions for asynchronous name resolves + hostsyn.c - functions for synchronous name resolves + hostares.c - functions for ares-using name resolves + hostthre.c - functions for threaded name resolves + hostip4.c - ipv4-specific functions + hostip6.c - ipv6-specific functions + + The hostip.h is the single united header file for all this. It defines the + CURLRES_* defines based on the config*.h and setup.h defines. -- cgit v1.2.3