Re: Can I use devinet_ioctl to assign an ip address to the interface in a kernel module

[Prashant kumar]

You can use netlink interface to assign an ip address to any local
interface. See the implemention of ip command (sources of iproute2)
for reference.


Thanks,
Prashant

On 11/29/06, prajakta choudhari <prajaktachoudhari@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Christoph:
> I am very new to this programming. Can u suggest any other way , i can
> use to assign an ip address to any local interface
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
>
> On 11/29/06, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 03:41:24PM +0530, prajakta choudhari wrote:
> > > Hi all:
> > > Can I use devinet_ioctl to assign an ip address to the interface in a
> > > kernel module
> >
> > No, you can't.
> >
>
>
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