From: noer AT cygnus DOT com (Geoffrey Noer)
Subject: Re: B20 patch: extended socket::ioctl functionality
16 Nov 1998 15:22:10 -0800
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To: Corinna Vinschen <corinna DOT vinschen AT cityweb DOT de>
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On Fri, Nov 13, 1998 at 10:45:56PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 
> the following patch (relativ to winsup-981111) is a bit larger.
> It corrects the ifconfig handling and reads the configuration
> from registry. The Win95 part isn't tested yet, I don't use Win95.
> 
> The ioctl commands SIOCGIFADDR, SIOCGIFBRDADDR and SIOCGIFNETMASK
> are now supported.
> 
> The function `get_if_flags()' now sets the flags IFF_UP and
> IFF_RUNNING only, if the interface is really up.
[...]

Corinna,

Thanks for the patch.  I'm writing to let you know that I'm going to
commit this change to the latest sources as soon as we put out the
20.1 update (in the next couple of days?).  This is more than a bug
fix which is why I want to hold off.  But it will make it in soon...

Regards,

-- 
Geoffrey Noer
noer AT cygnus DOT com