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formatting and a few wording fixes

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Michael Kerrisk 2004-11-25 08:11:36 +00:00
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.\" and in case of nontrivial modification author and date
.\" of the modification is added to the header.
.\" $Id: netdevice.7,v 1.10 2000/08/17 10:09:54 ak Exp $
.\"
.\" Modified, 2004-11-25, mtk, formatting and a few wording fixes
.\"
.TH NETDEVICE 7 1999-05-02 "Linux Man Page" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
netdevice \- Low level access to Linux network devices
@ -24,7 +27,6 @@ They pass an
structure:
.nf
.ta 4 12 20
struct ifreq {
char ifr_name[IFNAMSIZ]; /* Interface name */
union {
@ -48,10 +50,9 @@ struct ifconf {
int ifc_len; /* size of buffer */
union {
char * ifc_buf; /* buffer address */
struct ifreq *ifc_req; /* array of structures */
struct ifreq * ifc_req; /* array of structures */
};
};
.ta
.fi
Normally, the user specifies which device to affect by setting
@ -152,7 +153,6 @@ Get or set the interface's hardware parameters using
Setting the parameters is a privileged operation.
.nf
.ta 4 20 42
struct ifmap
{
unsigned long mem_start;
@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ struct ifmap
unsigned char dma;
unsigned char port;
};
.ta
.fi
The interpretation of the ifmap structure depends on the device driver
@ -214,7 +213,7 @@ If
is equal to the original length the buffer probably has overflowed
and you should retry with a bigger buffer to get all addresses.
When no error occurs the ioctl returns 0;
otherwise \-1. Overflow is no error.
otherwise \-1. Overflow is not an error.
\" XXX Slaving isn't supported in 2.2
.\" .TP
.\" .BR SIOCGIFSLAVE ", " SIOCSIFSLAVE
@ -231,7 +230,7 @@ For configuring IP addresses see
.PP
In addition some devices support private ioctls. These are not described here.
.SH NOTES
Strictly seen,
Strictly speaking,
.B SIOCGIFCONF
is IP specific and belongs in
.BR ip (7).
@ -246,15 +245,13 @@ Local IPv6 IP addresses can be found via /proc/net or via
.SH BUGS
glibc 2.1 is missing the
.I ifr_newname
macro in net/if.h. Add the following to your program as workaround:
macro in net/if.h. Add the following to your program as a workaround:
.sp
.RS
.nf
.ta 4 20 42
#ifndef ifr_newname
#define ifr_newname ifr_ifru.ifru_slave
#endif
.ta
.fi
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"