--- Matt Massie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 00:02, Martin Knoblauch wrote:
>
> > are the intf_open/intf_loop/intf_close functions still there? If
> not,
> > it breaks the new network functionality for solaris big time.
>
> the functions intf_open intf_loop and intf_close do not exist
> anymore.
>
> however, it should not be hard at all to modify your code to work
> with
> the new api.
>
> the interface structure (a struct ifi_info) is defined as ...
>
> struct ifi_info {
> char ifi_name[IFI_NAME]; /* interface name, null terminated */
> u_char ifi_haddr[IFI_HADDR]; /* hardware address */
> u_short ifi_hlen; /* #bytes in hardware address: 0, 6, 8 */
> u_int ifi_mtu;
> short ifi_flags; /* IFF_xxx constants from <net/if.h> */
> short ifi_myflags; /* our own IFI_xxx flags */
> struct sockaddr *ifi_addr; /* primary address */
> struct sockaddr *ifi_brdaddr;/* broadcast address */
> struct sockaddr *ifi_dstaddr;/* destination address */
> struct ifi_info *ifi_next; /* next of these structures */
> };
>
> so all your flags/mtu/address information is there. here is a code
> snippet to show you have to walk/loop through the interfaces the
> process
> the flags.
>
>
> struct ifi_info *info, *n;
>
> info = Get_ifi_info(AF_INET, 0);
>
> for(n = info; n; n = n->ifi_next)
> {
> /* process the info you are interested in here
> n->ifi_flags will have all the IFF_xxx flags
> */
> }
> free_ifi_info(info);
>
>
> if you have any problems, moving your code over... please let me
> know..
> i'll be happy to help.
>
So, where does Get_ifi_info() come from? Is that Ganglia, Solaris,
something else? Basically that loop above is even more convenient than
than the intf_loop stuff. I never really liked the callback mechanism.
> if all you want is the minimum MTU, it's even easier... one header,
> one
> function call.
>
No, I need the if-name to access the device info in kstat. The mtu is
fine the way you did it.
Cheers
Martin
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