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Subject: Re: how to get mac address info in kernel code?
From: George Neville-Neil <gnn@neville-neil.com>
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On Mar 5, 2013, at 08:54 , h bagade <bagadeh@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>=20
> I need to get interface MAC address within the kernel code and I =
couldn't
> use "getifaddrs" because it's user-mode. How can I have the MAC =
address
> information within kernel code?
>=20
> Any hints or comments are really appreciated.

If you have access to the struct ifnet you can look at the if_addr =
member, which is
a struct ifaddr, defined in if_var.h .

Best,
George