Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 26 Dec 2004 16:40:51 +0000 | From | Karel Kulhavy <> | Subject | Re: description of struct sockaddr |
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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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