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Date:      Wed, 23 Jan 2002 13:59:27 +0100 (CET)
From:      Harti Brandt <brandt@fokus.gmd.de>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        net@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: interface multicast address list
Message-ID:  <20020123135549.E86919-100000@beagle.fokus.gmd.de>
In-Reply-To: <20020123145003.C66702@sunbay.com>

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On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:

RE>[Redirected to -net with -hackers Bcc:ed]
RE>
RE>On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 10:59:00AM +0100, Harti Brandt wrote:
RE>>
RE>> Hi,
RE>>
RE>> is there any way to get at the if_multiaddrs list from user space (except
RE>> for digging through the kernel with kvm).
RE>>
RE>I'm affraid not.
RE>
RE>> If not, where would one add it?
RE>> sysctl net.link.??? perhaps? Or SIOCIFGETMULTI?
RE>>
RE>I think the right way would be to add this to net/rtsock.c:sysctl_iflist()
RE>to be accessible through the NET_RT_IFLIST sysctl.  BTW, I've just fixed
RE>the sysctl(3) manpage to document the sixth level of this sysctl.

I think so too and have just implemented it. There are also a couple of
other places to fix with this change, where parsing of the list returned
by NET_RT_IFLIST is, ehm, broken (ifconfig comes in mind). If I send you
the patch would you look at it and, if it is ok, commit it?

harti
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harti brandt, http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/cats/employees/hartmut.brandt/private
              brandt@fokus.fhg.de


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