Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 22:24:25 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: davo@katy.apana.org.au (Dave Edwards), freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Interface problem Message-ID: <199606070524.WAA07832@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 07 Jun 1996 14:58:18 %2B0930." <199606070528.OAA21467@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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>> "ifconfig -au" did not show sl8 > >'ifconfig' uses a fixed-size buffer to obtain information from the >kernel. With lots of interfaces, the buffer is too small. Doesn't it use sysctl to determine the necessary buffer size and malloc the space? I think it used to use a fixed buffer size. >-- >]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ >]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ >]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ >]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ >]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================
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