From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu May 6 7:30: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA2C115B91 for ; Thu, 6 May 1999 07:30:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id HAA06918; Thu, 6 May 1999 07:30:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 07:30:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199905061430.HAA06918@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Subject: Re: misc/11525: [PATCH] Networking patches to increase # interfaces in SIOCGIFCONF calls Reply-To: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/11525; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Justin T. Gibbs" To: mtaylor@cybernet.com Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/11525: [PATCH] Networking patches to increase # interfaces in SIOCGIFCONF calls Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 08:14:18 -0600 >>Synopsis: [PATCH] Networking patches to increase # interfaces in SIOCGIFCONF calls Wouldn't a better solution be to add another API that takes a starting interface number and allows you to make multiple calls to retrieve all interfaces regardless of the number in the system? Bumping the limit seems like a band-aid at best. -- Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message