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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ib.c | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/en_US/ifconfig.8 | 10 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ static const char *pr_ib(const char *ptr) pos += sprintf(pos, "%02X:", (*ptr++ & 0377)); } buff[strlen(buff) - 1] = '\0'; - + char *ib_warning = "Infiniband hardware address can be incorrect! Please read BUGS section in ifconfig(8)."; + fprintf(stderr, _(ib_warning)); /* snprintf(buff, sizeof(buff), "%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X", (ptr[0] & 0377), (ptr[1] & 0377), (ptr[2] & 0377), (ptr[3] & 0377), (ptr[4] & 0377), (ptr[5] & 0377) diff --git a/man/en_US/ifconfig.8 b/man/en_US/ifconfig.8 index 1dc40ff..e69d12d 100644 --- a/man/en_US/ifconfig.8 +++ b/man/en_US/ifconfig.8 @@ -211,6 +211,16 @@ for more information. .br .I /proc/net/if_inet6 .SH BUGS +Ifconfig uses the ioctl access method to get the full address information, +which limits hardware addresses to 8 bytes. +Because Infiniband hardware address has 20 bytes, +only the first 8 bytes are displayed correctly. +Please use +.B ip link +command from +.B iproute2 +package to display link layer informations including the hardware address. +.LP While appletalk DDP and IPX addresses will be displayed they cannot be altered by this command. .SH SEE ALSO |