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| author | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2021-09-16 15:38:23 +0200 |
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| committer | Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com> | 2021-09-20 21:15:23 +0200 |
| commit | 44243c24c26c0c77b17c615e1cd380d1d0e2aed7 (patch) | |
| tree | 6f28279cf6a20a12bd1c01aff4ccc7378c3d87b9 /man2 | |
| parent | 77ae11564705029908eefe0685431c45e7e9adf2 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-44243c24c26c0c77b17c615e1cd380d1d0e2aed7.tar.gz | |
packet.7: Describe SOCK_PACKET netif name length issues and workarounds.
Describe the issues with SOCK_PACKET possibly truncating network interface
names in results, solutions and possible workarounds.
While the issue is known for a long time it appears to have never been
properly documented is has started to bite software antiques including
the AX.25 userland badly since the introduction of Predictable Network
Interface Names. So let's document it.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
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