glibc 2.2.2-1 uploaded (-> network ioctls, ifconfig, eventually PPP)
Hi,
I uploaded glibc 2.2.2-1 packages. They are currently in
http://incoming.debian.org, and will beinstalled with the next dinstall run
if everything goes well. They work fine for me.
>From this version on (with a recent Hurd) we have my network ioctl
implementation available in the Debian package, so play with it.
The following ioctls are implemented:
#define SIOCSIFADDR _IOW('i', 12, struct ifreq) /* set ifnet address */
#define SIOCGIFADDR _IOWR('i',33, struct ifreq) /* get ifnet address */
#define SIOCSIFDSTADDR _IOW('i', 14, struct ifreq) /* set p-p address */
#define SIOCGIFDSTADDR _IOWR('i',34, struct ifreq) /* get p-p address */
#define SIOCSIFFLAGS _IOW('i', 16, struct ifreq_short)/* set ifnet flags */
#define SIOCGIFFLAGS _IOWR('i',17, struct ifreq_short)/* get ifnet flags */
#define SIOCGIFBRDADDR _IOWR('i',35, struct ifreq) /* get broadcast addr */
#define SIOCSIFBRDADDR _IOW('i',19, struct ifreq) /* set broadcast addr */
#define SIOCGIFCONF _IOWR('i',36, struct ifconf) /* get ifnet list */
#define SIOCGIFNETMASK _IOWR('i',37, struct ifreq) /* get net addr mask */
#define SIOCSIFNETMASK _IOW('i',22, struct ifreq) /* set net addr mask */
#define SIOCGIFMETRIC _IOWR('i',23, struct ifreq_int) /* get IF metric */
#define SIOCSIFMETRIC _IOW('i',24, struct ifreq_int) /* set IF metric */
#define SIOCGIFMTU _IOWR('i', 51, struct ifreq_int)/* get IF mtu */
#define SIOCSIFMTU _IOW('i', 52, struct ifreq_int) /* set IF mtu */
#define SIOCGIFINDEX _IOWR('i', 90, struct ifreq_int)/* get IF index */
#define SIOCGIFNAME _IOWR('i', 91, struct ifreq_int)/* set IF name */
A working ifconfig utility is in GNU inetutils CVS version (head branch). To
compile it you need to add it to the top level Makefile.am and conigure.in,
though. It should also be included in the next version of the Debian package
of inetutils.
Try to port other network programs using some of the ioctls above. Let us
know about success and failure.
Interested parties should work on the user space PPP port by Daniel Baumann.
I think there are a few bugs in it, but all Hurd/glibc functionality is
there, so there is no reason to stall user level PPP development any longer.
I think there might be only a few small hops until we can get PPP to the
Hurd, so throw your weight into it if you can. The time has come.
Thanks,
Marcus
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