Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:12:11 -0700 From: Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig-i386 on 8-STABLE/amd64 Message-ID: <g2wa78074951004151612yf4105587nfe9a547b62d77115@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100415215941.GA14428@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <20100415215941.GA14428@osiris.chen.org.nz>
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Hi, On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> wrote: > =C2=A0 =C2=A0$ /compat/i386/sbin/ifconfig > =C2=A0 =C2=A0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0inet 192.168.1.10 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast= 192.168.1.255 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0inet 192.168.1.11 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast= 192.168.1.11 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast = 192.168.2.255 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0inet 192.168.2.10 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast= 192.168.2.10 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0inet 192.168.2.12 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast= 192.168.2.12 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0ifconfig: ioctl(SIOCGIFINFO_IN6): Device not configured > > Why is the output from the 32-bit ifconfig severely mangled? My understanding is that 32-bit management tools like ifconfig is not supported on 64-bit FreeBSD. Someone has to sit down and write a compatibility layer for translating back and forth :( Cheers, -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net
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