Clarify that sdl->sdl_len must be initialized before call to link_addr()

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sommerfeld 1999-06-25 16:13:21 +00:00
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commit fc8fafa627
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.\" $NetBSD: linkaddr.3,v 1.5 1999/03/22 19:44:52 garbled Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: linkaddr.3,v 1.6 1999/06/25 16:13:21 sommerfeld Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ string representing some of the information present, including the
link level address itself, and the interface name or number, if present.
This facility is experimental and is still subject to change.
.Pp
Prior to a call to
.Fn link_addr ,
.Fa sdl->sdl_len
must be initialized to the size of the link-level socket structure,
typically
.Fa sizeof(struct sockaddr_dl) .
.Pp
For
.Fn link_addr ,
the string