[Linux-cluster] Registring multicast IPs at iana

[Patrick Caulfield]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> shouldn't cman apply for some default multicast addresses assigned by
> iana? The recommendations found in some cman-over-multicast docs use
> either the "subnet-broadcast" address, or some RIP2 router stuff.
> 
> It would be cleaner to use some currently unassigned multicast
> addresses. Either in 224.0.1/24 if there would be only one or a few or
> a block higher up.

Yes. we should register a multicast address. The default action is to use
broadcast and there is no default multicast address. There's one mentioned in
some example config files (which I think is the router one you mentioned)
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patrick