From owner-cvs-all Mon Jun 19 10:59:50 2000 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (adsl-63-206-88-224.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.206.88.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B282937BD69; Mon, 19 Jun 2000 10:59:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA08947; Mon, 19 Jun 2000 11:04:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200006191804.LAA08947@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Garrett Wollman 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 In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:22:59 EDT." <200006191722.NAA30905@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 11:04:06 -0700 From: Mike Smith 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'. 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