X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,J_CHICKENPOX_54,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090615201359.GX5039@calimero.vinschen.de> References: <20090612142631.GA14587@calimero.vinschen.de> <20090615114256.GR5039@calimero.vinschen.de> <20090615201359.GX5039@calimero.vinschen.de> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:56:57 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: ioctl(sock, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) fails with 1.7 From: =?UTF-8?B?RnLDqWTDqXJpYyBCcm9u?= To: cygwin Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com > I applied a patch to Cygwin which also reports the IPv4 addresses of > disconnected interfaces, fetching the info from the registry. =C2=A0It's > a pity that Windows doesn't correctly report these addresses in the > official API. > > This won't work for IPv6 and IPv6-only interfaces. =C2=A0I didn't find a > generic way to list IPv6 addresses except for using the official API. > Since Windows Vista the IPv6 address information isn't stored in the > registry at all, at least not in a publically available, easy to read > place. Thank you, can I test it? Shall I just update my installation? Fr=C3=A9d=C3=A9ric -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/