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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: ipx on 802.3
To: wollman@lcs.mit.edu (Garrett A. Wollman)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 09:02:51 -0700 (MST)
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> > I believe it is possible to compare the address family in the file
> > /sys/net/if.c in the function ifioctl() for "case SIOCSIFFLAGS"
> > (at about line 531) to determin if AF_IPX is being used, and if so,
> > interpret the values of IFF_LINK[0-2] differently.
> 
> Compare the address family of what?

Of the socket on which the ioctl call is being made.  Probably have to
propagate a couple of fields on te dispatch.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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