Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 10:55:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/11525: [PATCH] Networking patches to increase # interfaces in SIOCGIFCONF calls Message-ID: <199905061455.KAA22786@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199905061430.HAA06918@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <199905061430.HAA06918@freefall.freebsd.org>
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<<On Thu, 6 May 1999 07:30:02 -0700 (PDT), "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com> said: > 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. No, the right solution is to use one of the two proper APIs that we have for getting the interface list. SIOCGIFCONF was always a nasty kluge. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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