(usagi-users 00413) getifaddrs not returning AF_INET6 Family

[skodati@xxxxxxxxxx]

Hi
Iam writing an IPv6 aplication, and used getifaddrs to get the interface
parameters,
I have the following lines of code,
(ifap and ifa are of struct ifaddrs)

if(getifaddrs((&ifap) !=0){
     return(-1);
}
for (ifa = ifap; ifa; ifa = ifa->ifa_next) {
                if (ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family != AF_INET6)
                {       printf("Family check failed\n");
                        continue;
                }
}

I debugged the code and i found the the interfaces lo, eth0, sit0 with the
families 2 and 17 (AF_PACKET packet family????)
But not returning any AF_INET6 family addresses,
I configured my system with IPv6, and ifconfig shows both IPv6 and IPv4
addressses,

Anyway to read the IPv6 addresses, or Am I missing something??
( i run on 2.4.0 kernel )

thanks and regards
   Suresh Kodati