Bug Fixes

• getservbyname(), which returns the port number of a network service that's identified by name, now looks in the /etc/services file for service entries.  Each entry in the file gives the name, port number, and protocol for a service:

      serviceName portNumber/protocol

  For example...

  ismtp       25/tcp smtp        25/udp nsw-fe      27/tcp nsw-fe      27/udp

  As before, the ftp and telnet entries are hard-coded into the function: You can ask for ftp and telnet info even if you don't have an /etc/services file.

BNetDevice

• The new get_nth_netcard_info() function returns information about a network interface card:

  status_t get_nth_netcard_info(int16 n, netcard_info_t *ni)

  The function returns B_OK or B_ERROR.

• The netcard_info_t structure looks like this:

  typedef struct netcard_info {    net_device_type netcard_type;    char netcard_addr[255]; } netcard_info_t;

  • netcard_type is B_PPP_NET_DEVICE, B_ETHER_NET_DEVICE, or B_LOOP_NET_DEVICE.

  • netcard_addr is the card's hardware address.  The address format depends on the card's device type.