Re: description of struct sockaddr

[Jan Engelhardt]

>Hello
>
>man netdevice talks about struct sockaddr, but neither describes it,
>nor provides a link to descriptio, nor the "SEE ALSO" items
>(ip(7), proc(7), rnetlink(7)) provide the necessary information.
>
>"The hardware address is specified in a struct sockaddr".

I don't think so. The hardware address is, well, specific to the hardware (like
Ethernet, for example). IP/TCP/UDP however is not limited to Ethernet. And
'sockaddr' clearly is something that does not deal with hardware.

>Where is struct sockaddr specified?

Somewhere in the depths of /usr/include and your linux kernel tree.
Oh yeah, be warned, glibc is a #define hell when you're looking for sockaddr
stuff.


Jan Engelhardt
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