From owner-freebsd-net Wed Feb 19 15:45:53 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E153D37B401 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:45:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from measurement-factory.com (measurement-factory.com [206.168.0.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3735A43F85 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:45:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rousskov@measurement-factory.com) Received: from measurement-factory.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by measurement-factory.com (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h1JNjoeM042661 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 16:45:50 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from rousskov@measurement-factory.com) Received: (from rousskov@localhost) by measurement-factory.com (8.12.6/8.12.5/Submit) id h1JNjoIj042660; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 16:45:50 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from rousskov) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 16:45:50 -0700 (MST) From: Alex Rousskov To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Programmatically obtaining interface hardware addrs In-Reply-To: <3E4772CF.9020201@ccrle.nec.de> Message-ID: References: <1044760845.66333.35.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <3E4772CF.9020201@ccrle.nec.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Martin Stiemerling wrote: > See man getifaddrs: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getifaddrs&sektion=3&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+4.7-RELEASE > > You can obtain l2 addresses with this system call. I was not aware of the "l2 addresses" limit(?), and the man page does not seem to mention it. Will getifaddrs() fail if there are more than 12 aliases? If yes, anybody care to explain why? Thank you, Alex. -- | HTTP performance - Web Polygraph benchmark www.measurement-factory.com | HTTP compliance+ - Co-Advisor test suite | all of the above - PolyBox appliance To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message