[uClibc] Re: [Bridge] Little problem with 1.x versions (if_indextoname)
Erik Andersen
andersen at codepoet.org
Sat Jun 12 08:42:11 UTC 2004
On Thu Jun 03, 2004 at 10:41:00AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Rather than copy more code back into the bridge-utilities, how
> about applying this change to uClibc? I hate when packages get
> cluttered for workarounds for other incompatibilities.
>
> The problem is that SIOCGIFCONF only lists interfaces that have
> IP addresses, so it doesn't find the other interfaces that are
> being used for bridging. It could be fixed in the kernel to
> return all interfaces, but then something else might break; and
> still it mean a kernel update for the 2.4 users.
>
> The whole use of ifindex in the bridge API is a bad idea. But
> we probably have to live with it for compatibility.
Thanks. Patch applied,
-Erik
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