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SubjectRe: description of struct sockaddr
On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 11:11:31PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >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.

It is a sentence from man netdevice. Should I send a bugreport to the manpage
maintainer?

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