Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 11:29:21 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ipx on 802.3 Message-ID: <9512051629.AA02695@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199512051602.JAA01852@phaeton.artisoft.com> References: <9512051522.AA02613@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> <199512051602.JAA01852@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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<<On Tue, 5 Dec 1995 09:02:51 -0700 (MST), Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> said: >> > 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. Ummm, the /protocol/ (nb: not address) family of the socket is totally irrelevant to all of the current ioctls /by design/; now you're proposing to undo that cleanup? -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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