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SubjectRe: Suggestion(?): new ioctl: "resolve hw address and update arp cache"
On Mon, May 10, 1999 at 09:25:53PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:

> > There could be a new ioctl which returns the arp entry for an ip address
> > even if it's not in arp cache? If it's not in cache then kernel could send
> > a arp message and find it out. Or perhaps it could be better to include it
>
> So could your application ...

I think he is interested in doing this in an atomic fashion which doesn't
really make sense either.

Ralf

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