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Date:      Wed, 19 Feb 2003 16:45:50 -0700 (MST)
From:      Alex Rousskov <rousskov@measurement-factory.com>
To:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Programmatically obtaining interface hardware addrs
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302191642580.30429@measurement-factory.com>
In-Reply-To: <3E4772CF.9020201@ccrle.nec.de>
References:  <1044760845.66333.35.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <3E4772CF.9020201@ccrle.nec.de>

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On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Martin Stiemerling wrote:

> See man getifaddrs:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getifaddrs&sektion=3&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+4.7-RELEASE
>
> You can obtain l2 addresses with this system call.

I was not aware of the "l2 addresses" limit(?), and the man page does
not seem to mention it. Will getifaddrs() fail if there are more than
12 aliases? If yes, anybody care to explain why?

Thank you,

Alex.

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