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-rw-r--r--mysys/my_gethwaddr.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mysys/my_gethwaddr.c b/mysys/my_gethwaddr.c
index c96af3f1018..c4ab39dbcf1 100644
--- a/mysys/my_gethwaddr.c
+++ b/mysys/my_gethwaddr.c
@@ -101,14 +101,14 @@ my_bool my_gethwaddr(uchar *to)
uint i;
for (i= 0; res && i < ifc.ifc_len / sizeof(ifr[0]); i++)
{
-#ifdef SIOCGIFHWADDR
+#ifdef __linux__
if (ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr[i]) >= 0)
res= memcpy_and_test(to, (uchar *)&ifr[i].ifr_hwaddr.sa_data,
ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
#else
/*
- A bug in OpenSolaris prevents non-root from getting a mac address:
- http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4720634
+ A bug in OpenSolaris used to prevent non-root from getting a mac address:
+ {no url. Oracle killed the old OpenSolaris bug database}
Thus, we'll use an alternative method and extract the address from the
arp table.