From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 30 11:37:18 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67C9337B401 for ; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 11:37:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B06043F85 for ; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 11:37:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (warner@rover2.village.org [10.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.12.8/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h2UJbGA7021407; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 12:37:16 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 12:35:44 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20030330.123544.51948571.imp@bsdimp.com> To: wes@softweyr.com From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <200303301128.09717.wes@softweyr.com> References: <20030329.195108.133248709.imp@bsdimp.com> <200303301128.09717.wes@softweyr.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 2.1 on Emacs 21.2 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig question X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 19:37:21 -0000 In message: <200303301128.09717.wes@softweyr.com> Wes Peters writes: : Only if the spec says those are the only valid ranges. Then we have to : keep up to date with changes in the spec, too. Either some simple sanity : checks or checking for truly valid lengths -- 0, 40 bits, 128 bits -- : makes even better sense. 128 bits isn't a valid length either. Only 40 and 104 bits, which we currently semi-bogusly report as 64-bit and 128-bit. Warner