getifaddrs() does not supported by glibc, IceE fails to make app in /IceE/test

[syseeker]

Hi all,

Due to some unknown reason, ifaddrs.h is not ported to the glibc package in my embedded system. Thus, getifaddrs() and freeifaddrs() required in Network.cpp vector<string>IceInternal::getLocalHosts() function causes error during compilation. As a trial and error, I have replaced ifaddrs.h got from the development host linux /usr/include, into /$(EMBEDDED_LINUX)/usr/include directory. The compilation then compiled network.cpp without any problem. However later on during compilation of application in /IceE/test, mn10300-linux-g++ returns undefined reference to
`getifaddrs' and `freeifaddrs'.

Does any alternative exists to cope with glibc package that do not support ifaddrs.h and getifaddrs(), freeifaddrs()?

I searched through web and found that app like libpcap etc. does this kind of checking. Also, ACE has flag on ACE_HAS_GETIFADDRS to do sth, though I have not gone through this yet...

[dwayne]

Hi,

If your linux system does not include the ifaddrs method, there is an alternate implementation in place that uses ioctl calls instead. We do not currently have a configuration variable you can set to select this alternative implementation though. Instead you will have to manually edit src/IceE/Network.cpp. Assuming you are using Ice-E 1.1.0 you should just have to removed "defined(__linux)" from the ifdef's at lines 17 (header includes) and 1037 (getLocalHosts method).

Regards,
Dwayne

[syseeker]

Hi Dwayne,

Thank you! Now, in Network.cpp getLocalHost(), #else part --> SOCKET fd = createSocket(false); <-- createSocket() is defined to take no parameter in the code above, and this function call passes in 'false'. I have tried to remove 'false' away. Compilation success.