Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 15:26:19 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org (Justin T. Gibbs) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, davo@katy.apana.org.au, freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Interface problem Message-ID: <199606070556.PAA21627@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199606070524.WAA07832@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Justin T. Gibbs" at Jun 6, 96 10:24:25 pm
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Justin T. Gibbs stands accused of saying: > > >> "ifconfig -au" did not show sl8 > > > >'ifconfig' uses a fixed-size buffer to obtain information from the > >kernel. With lots of interfaces, the buffer is too small. > > Doesn't it use sysctl to determine the necessary buffer size and > malloc the space? I think it used to use a fixed buffer size. Under -current it probably does. AFAIR, these guys are on 2.1R or an oldish -stable. > Justin T. Gibbs -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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