Add Ipv6MulticastHops
as socket option
#2234
Merged
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What does this PR do
This PR adds the socket option
Ipv6MulticastHops
. With it, we can set the hop limit for all IPv6 multicast packets sent over a socket. It is equivalent to the followinglibc
call:If every packet shall have the same hop limit, this is an alternative to adding a control message.
Checklist:
CONTRIBUTING.md