Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 08:51:49 +0200 (MET DST) From: sos@FreeBSD.org To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: terry@lambert.org, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Linux emulation, gethostid() Message-ID: <199610240651.IAA05144@ra.dkuug.dk> In-Reply-To: <199610240215.LAA04187@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Oct 24, 96 11:45:15 am
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In reply to Michael Smith who wrote:
>
> Terry Lambert stands accused of saying:
> > >
> > > Do we want an ioctl to get the hardware address? If not, any
> > > suggestions on a _tidy_ way to get it?
> >
> > Check the list archives. The Mathematica "correct method" included
> > patches to implement the interface without the kernel grubbing. I
> > am suprised that the patches were not integrated.
>
> You mean this one? I'm not surprised :
>
> ] Insert into linux_ioctl, in linux_ioctl.c, inside the first switch.
> ]
> ] case 0x8927:
> ] hwaddr[0]=0x00;
> ] hwaddr[1]=0x00;
> ] hwaddr[2]=0xc0;
> ] hwaddr[3]=0x27;
> ] hwaddr[4]=0xe5;
> ] hwaddr[5]=0x66;
> ] return copyout((caddr_t)hwaddr, (caddr_t)args->arg,6);
> ]
>
> No other messages on the subject appear to contain any code at all, but
> I'll pester Andrew Gallatin and see if he finished the issue.
OK, so I guess I have to look after my kid again right ??
I'll see what I can come up with...
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Soren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
So much code to hack -- so little time.
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