On (05/14/09 11:03), Andrew Gallatin wrote:
>
> As I recall, SIOCGIFHWADDR does not work in {Open,}Solaris, and
> the workarounds (dlpi/streams) are very ugly and require root
> access. Is this recollection correct?
ifconfig itself uses dlpi_get_physaddr(), but you could use the
SIOCGXARP ioctl to map the info from ifconfig to ether info.
> If yes, is there anything I can do from inside a driver to convert
> from IP address to MAC address?
the actual link layer info itself is stored in the mac_impl_t itself.
It's not clear to me why DLDIOC_MACADDRGET has to be a privileged
operation. Perhaps someone on Crossbow can clarify?
--Sowmini
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