From: "Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv@altlinux.org>
To: "Pali Rohár" <pali@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org,
Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>,
Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] netdevice.7: Update documentation for SIOCGIFADDR SIOCSIFADDR SIOCDIFADDR
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 20:47:59 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210110174759.GC25737@altlinux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210102183952.4155-1-pali@kernel.org>
On Sat, Jan 02, 2021 at 07:39:52PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> Also add description for struct in6_ifreq which is used for IPv6 addresses.
>
> SIOCSIFADDR and SIOCDIFADDR can be used to add or delete IPv6 address and
> pppd is using these ioctls for a long time. Surprisingly SIOCDIFADDR cannot
> be used for deleting IPv4 address but only for IPv6 addresses.
Unlike SIOCGIFADDR and SIOCSIFADDR which are supported by many protocol
families, SIOCDIFADDR is supported by AF_INET6 and AF_APPLETALK only.
--
ldv
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-10 17:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-02 14:02 [PATCH] netdevice.7: Update documentation for SIOCGIFADDR SIOCSIFADDR SIOCDIFADDR Pali Rohár
2021-01-02 18:04 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-01-02 18:10 ` Pali Rohár
2021-01-02 18:36 ` Pali Rohár
2021-01-02 18:39 ` [PATCH v2] " Pali Rohár
2021-01-10 16:38 ` Pali Rohár
2021-01-10 19:57 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-01-12 19:26 ` Pali Rohár
2021-01-16 0:41 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-01-16 22:35 ` Pali Rohár
2021-01-11 8:13 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-01-10 17:47 ` Dmitry V. Levin [this message]
2021-01-12 17:51 ` Pali Rohár
2021-01-16 22:36 ` [PATCH v3] " Pali Rohár
2021-01-19 20:18 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-01-27 19:29 ` Pali Rohár
2021-01-28 14:05 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-01-28 14:04 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
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