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Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:52:20 +0900 (JST)
From: MAEDA Naoaki <maeda.naoaki@jp.fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] packet_sendmsg_spkt incorrectly truncates an interface name
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Hi,

> > Obviously, max name length of a network interface name is IFNAMESIZ-1, 
> > which is 15.
> 
> Yes, but sockaddr_pkt.spkt_device[] is only 14 bytes for some reason.

Oops! I have not checked it.
Does anybody know the reason why it is only 14 bytes?

Thanks,
Naoaki