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Date:      Thu, 25 Mar 2004 07:36:15 +0000
From:      Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org>
To:        Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: call for testers: getifaddrs(3) patch for pppd(8), bin/9379
Message-ID:  <20040325073615.GA76908@empiric.dek.spc.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040325094811.D39057@mp3files.int.ru>
References:  <20040325094811.D39057@mp3files.int.ru>

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On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 10:03:45AM +0300, Maxim Konovalov wrote:
> A patch (stolen from NetBSD) below replaces hardcoded constant MAX_IFS
> by getifaddrs(3) and allows using pppd(8) with a number of interfaces
> > 32.  You don't need to have so many interfaces to test it though.
> I am going to commit it in two weeks and waiting for feedbacks,
> positive or negative.

I like the sound of this. On a similar note, getifmaddrs() already does
dynamic allocation for retrieving multicast group memberships; we should
really hook it up to netstat -g some time.

BMS



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