Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 11:04:06 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: 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 Message-ID: <200006191804.LAA08947@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:22:59 EDT." <200006191722.NAA30905@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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> <<On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 12:20:42 -0700, Mike Smith <msmith@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'. ifconfig has been calling it "ether" for a long, long time. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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