Re: SIOCGIFCONF and IPv6 addresses

[Yuji Sekiya <sekiya@xxxxxxx>]

>>>>> In <20000222130839.A26768@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>   Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <misiek@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello,

> IMHO simplest way for Linux to allow getting ipv6 addresses
> via this ioctl but don't break old application is:
> ioctl(AF_INET6 socket, ...) - return IPv6 addresses only or
>                            both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
> ioctl(AF_INET socket, ...) - return only ipv4 addresses (this
>                            same result as when using current
>                            Linux kernel)

KAME people propose new function called getifaddrs(3).
BSDI4 has it already to get local IPv6 addresses.

I noticed that SIOCFIGCONF doesn't return IPv6 addresses and
thinked of it. But I have no idea.

What do you think about it, Alexey ?

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