Hello
man netdevice talks about struct sockaddr, but neither describes it,
nor provides a link to descriptio, nor the "SEE ALSO" items
(ip(7), proc(7), rnetlink(7)) provide the necessary information.
"The hardware address is specified in a struct sockaddr".
Where is struct sockaddr specified?
Cl<
>Hello
>
>man netdevice talks about struct sockaddr, but neither describes it,
>nor provides a link to descriptio, nor the "SEE ALSO" items
>(ip(7), proc(7), rnetlink(7)) provide the necessary information.
>
>"The hardware address is specified in a struct sockaddr".
I don't think so. The hardware address is, well, specific to the hardware (like
Ethernet, for example). IP/TCP/UDP however is not limited to Ethernet. And
'sockaddr' clearly is something that does not deal with hardware.
>Where is struct sockaddr specified?
Somewhere in the depths of /usr/include and your linux kernel tree.
Oh yeah, be warned, glibc is a #define hell when you're looking for sockaddr
stuff.
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On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Karel Kulhavy wrote:
> Hello
>
> man netdevice talks about struct sockaddr, but neither describes it,
> nor provides a link to descriptio, nor the "SEE ALSO" items
> (ip(7), proc(7), rnetlink(7)) provide the necessary information.
>
> "The hardware address is specified in a struct sockaddr".
>
> Where is struct sockaddr specified?
>
How about /usr/include/sys/socket.h (for starters). If you can
actually find all the member names by following all the
included-includes, you probably get some kind of prize.
Note that the __SOCKADDR_ALLTYPES macro is absolutely
amazing. It's possible to have the pre-processor hide
everything, making trouble-shooting pure art!
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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