On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Dennis Bjorklund wrote:
> I'm trying to turn of the broadcast flag for a network card. But I
> can't, why??
>
Your version of `ifconfig` is probably broken (just like mine).
`strace` it and see:
ioctl(5, SIOCGIFFLAGS, 0xbffff620) = 0
ioctl(5, SIOCSIFFLAGS, 0xbffff620) = 0
_exit(0) = ?
In this case the flags were gotten with SIOCGIFFLAGS, then the
exact same stuff was written back with SIOCSIFFLAGS.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.2.17 on an i686 machine (801.18 BogoMips).
"Memory is like gasoline. You use it up when you are running. Of
course you get it all back when you reboot..."; Actual explanation
obtained from the Micro$oft help desk.
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