doing some shenanigans

trying to start writing my own function to do raw socket connections

src/NetWriter.zig

@@ -211,3 +211,28 @@ const Writer = std.Io.Writer;
 const mem = std.mem;
 
 const NetWriter = @This();
+
+const saprusOptions: std.Io.net.BindOptions = .{
+    .mode = .raw,
+    .protocol = 0,
+};
+
+fn netSaprusBindIpPosix(
+    userdata: ?*anyopaque,
+    address: *const IpAddress,
+    options: IpAddress.BindOptions,
+) IpAddress.BindError!net.Socket {
+    if (!have_networking) return error.NetworkDown;
+    const t: *Threaded = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
+    const family = std.os.linux.PF.PACKET;
+    const socket_fd = try openSocketPosix(t, family, options);
+    errdefer posix.close(socket_fd);
+    var storage: PosixAddress = undefined;
+    var addr_len = addressToPosix(address, &storage);
+    try posixBind(t, socket_fd, &storage.any, addr_len);
+    try posixGetSockName(t, socket_fd, &storage.any, &addr_len);
+    return .{
+        .handle = socket_fd,
+        .address = addressFromPosix(&storage),
+    };
+}

src/main.zig

@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ fn parseDest(in: ?[]const u8) [4]u8 {
             return res;
         }
 
-        const addr = std.net.Ip4Address.parse(dest, 0) catch return "FAIL".*;
-        return @bitCast(addr.sa.addr);
+        const addr = std.Io.net.Ip4Address.parse(dest, 0) catch return "FAIL".*;
+        return addr.bytes;
     }
     return "zap\x00".*;
 }