From owner-cvs-all Mon Jun 19 10:23: 6 2000 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1070F37BD06; Mon, 19 Jun 2000 10:23:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA30905; Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:22:59 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:22:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <200006191722.NAA30905@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Mike Smith Cc: "Louis A. Mamakos" , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys sockio.h src/sys/net if.c src/sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.8 ifconfig.c In-Reply-To: <200006171920.MAA01047@mass.osd.bsdi.com> References: <200006171857.OAA04805@whizzo.transsys.com> <200006171920.MAA01047@mass.osd.bsdi.com> Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG < said: > That's correct. And that's why if you're setting an ethernet address, > you should use 'ether', and if you're setting a FDDI MAC address you > should use 'fddi', Ummm... no. If you are setting up an IEEE 802.1 MAC address (aka EUI48) you should use something appropriate for one of those three acronyms. The Correct Thing is to use sockaddr_dl and call it `macaddr'. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message