diff -p -up iputils-s20101006/arping.c.infiniband iputils-s20101006/arping.c
--- iputils-s20101006/arping.c.infiniband	2010-10-06 08:59:20.000000000 -0300
+++ iputils-s20101006/arping.c	2010-11-23 19:31:58.000000000 -0200
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 
-#include <sysfs/libsysfs.h>
-
 #include "SNAPSHOT.h"
 
 static void usage(void) __attribute__((noreturn));
@@ -52,14 +50,22 @@ int unicasting;
 int s;
 int broadcast_only;
 
-struct sockaddr_storage me;
-struct sockaddr_storage he;
+struct sockaddr_ll *me=NULL;
+struct sockaddr_ll *he=NULL;
 
 struct timeval start, last;
 
 int sent, brd_sent;
 int received, brd_recv, req_recv;
 
+#define SYSFS_MNT_PATH          "/sys"
+#define SYSFS_CLASS             "class"
+#define SYSFS_NET               "net"
+#define SYSFS_BROADCAST         "broadcast"
+#define SYSFS_PATH_ENV          "SYSFS_PATH"
+#define SYSFS_PATH_LEN          256
+#define SOCKADDR_LEN		(2 * sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll))
+
 #define MS_TDIFF(tv1,tv2) ( ((tv1).tv_sec-(tv2).tv_sec)*1000 + \
 			   ((tv1).tv_usec-(tv2).tv_usec)/1000 )
 
@@ -166,6 +172,10 @@ void finish(void)
 		printf("\n");
 		fflush(stdout);
 	}
+
+	free(me);
+	free(he);
+
 	if (dad)
 		exit(!!received);
 	if (unsolicited)
@@ -186,8 +196,7 @@ void catcher(void)
 		finish();
 
 	if (last.tv_sec==0 || MS_TDIFF(tv,last) > 500) {
-		send_pack(s, src, dst,
-			  (struct sockaddr_ll *)&me, (struct sockaddr_ll *)&he);
+		send_pack(s, src, dst, me, he);
 		if (count == 0 && unsolicited)
 			finish();
 	}
@@ -234,7 +243,7 @@ int recv_pack(unsigned char *buf, int le
 		return 0;
 	if (ah->ar_pln != 4)
 		return 0;
-	if (ah->ar_hln != ((struct sockaddr_ll *)&me)->sll_halen)
+	if (ah->ar_hln != me->sll_halen)
 		return 0;
 	if (len < sizeof(*ah) + 2*(4 + ah->ar_hln))
 		return 0;
@@ -245,7 +254,7 @@ int recv_pack(unsigned char *buf, int le
 			return 0;
 		if (src.s_addr != dst_ip.s_addr)
 			return 0;
-		if (memcmp(p+ah->ar_hln+4, ((struct sockaddr_ll *)&me)->sll_addr, ah->ar_hln))
+		if (memcmp(p+ah->ar_hln+4, me->sll_addr, ah->ar_hln))
 			return 0;
 	} else {
 		/* DAD packet was:
@@ -263,7 +272,7 @@ int recv_pack(unsigned char *buf, int le
 		 */
 		if (src_ip.s_addr != dst.s_addr)
 			return 0;
-		if (memcmp(p, ((struct sockaddr_ll *)&me)->sll_addr, ((struct sockaddr_ll *)&me)->sll_halen) == 0)
+		if (memcmp(p, me->sll_addr, me->sll_halen) == 0)
 			return 0;
 		if (src.s_addr && src.s_addr != dst_ip.s_addr)
 			return 0;
@@ -279,7 +288,7 @@ int recv_pack(unsigned char *buf, int le
 			printf("for %s ", inet_ntoa(dst_ip));
 			s_printed = 1;
 		}
-		if (memcmp(p+ah->ar_hln+4, ((struct sockaddr_ll *)&me)->sll_addr, ah->ar_hln)) {
+		if (memcmp(p+ah->ar_hln+4, me->sll_addr, ah->ar_hln)) {
 			if (!s_printed)
 				printf("for ");
 			printf("[");
@@ -305,42 +314,69 @@ int recv_pack(unsigned char *buf, int le
 	if (quit_on_reply)
 		finish();
 	if(!broadcast_only) {
-		memcpy(((struct sockaddr_ll *)&he)->sll_addr, p, ((struct sockaddr_ll *)&me)->sll_halen);
+		memcpy(he->sll_addr, p, me->sll_halen);
 		unicasting=1;
 	}
 	return 1;
 }
 
-void set_device_broadcast(char *device, unsigned char *ba, size_t balen)
+int get_sysfs_mnt_path(char *mnt_path, size_t len)
 {
-	struct sysfs_class_device *dev;
-	struct sysfs_attribute *brdcast;
-	unsigned char *p;
-	int ch;
+    const char *sysfs_path_env;
+    int pth_len=0;
 
-	dev = sysfs_open_class_device("net", device);
-	if (!dev) {
-		perror("sysfs_open_class_device(net)");
-		exit(2);
-	}
+   if (len == 0 || mnt_path == NULL)
+        return -1;
 
-	brdcast = sysfs_get_classdev_attr(dev, "broadcast");
-	if (!brdcast) {
-		perror("sysfs_get_classdev_attr(broadcast)");
-		exit(2);
-	}
+    /* possible overrride of real mount path */
+    sysfs_path_env = getenv(SYSFS_PATH_ENV);
+    memset(mnt_path, 0, len);
+    strncpy(mnt_path,
+        sysfs_path_env != NULL ? sysfs_path_env : SYSFS_MNT_PATH,
+        len-1);
 
-	if (sysfs_read_attribute(brdcast)) {
-		perror("sysfs_read_attribute");
-		exit(2);
-	}
+    if ((pth_len = strlen(mnt_path)) > 0 && mnt_path[pth_len-1] == '/')
+        mnt_path[pth_len-1] = '\0';
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int make_sysfs_broadcast_path(char *broadcast_path, size_t len)
+{
+    char mnt_path[SYSFS_PATH_LEN];
 
-	for (p = ba, ch = 0; p < ba + balen; p++, ch += 3)
-		*p = strtoul(brdcast->value + ch, NULL, 16);
+    if (get_sysfs_mnt_path(mnt_path, len) != 0)
+        return -1;
+ 
+    snprintf(broadcast_path, len,
+        "%s/" SYSFS_CLASS "/" SYSFS_NET "/%s/" SYSFS_BROADCAST,
+        mnt_path, device);
 
-	return;
+    return 0;
 }
 
+char * read_sysfs_broadcast(char *brdcast_path)
+{
+    int fd;
+    int len_to_read;
+    char *brdcast = NULL;
+
+    if ((fd = open(brdcast_path, O_RDONLY)) > -1) {
+       len_to_read = lseek(fd, 0L, SEEK_END);
+       if ((brdcast = malloc(len_to_read+1)) != NULL) {
+          lseek(fd, 0L, SEEK_SET);
+          memset(brdcast, 0, len_to_read+1);
+          if (read(fd, brdcast, len_to_read) == -1) {
+              free(brdcast);
+              brdcast = NULL;
+          }
+       }
+       close(fd);
+    }
+
+    return brdcast;
+ }
+
 int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -356,6 +392,17 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		exit(-1);
 	}
 
+	me = malloc(SOCKADDR_LEN);
+	if (!me) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "arping: could not allocate memory\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	he = malloc(SOCKADDR_LEN);
+	if (!he) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "arping: could not allocate memory\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "h?bfDUAqc:w:s:I:V")) != EOF) {
 		switch(ch) {
 		case 'b':
@@ -504,34 +551,51 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		close(probe_fd);
 	};
 
-	((struct sockaddr_ll *)&me)->sll_family = AF_PACKET;
-	((struct sockaddr_ll *)&me)->sll_ifindex = ifindex;
-	((struct sockaddr_ll *)&me)->sll_protocol = htons(ETH_P_ARP);
-	if (bind(s, (struct sockaddr*)&me, sizeof(me)) == -1) {
+	me->sll_family = AF_PACKET;
+	me->sll_ifindex = ifindex;
+	me->sll_protocol = htons(ETH_P_ARP);
+	if (bind(s, (struct sockaddr*)me, SOCKADDR_LEN) == -1) {
 		perror("bind");
 		exit(2);
 	}
 
 	if (1) {
-		socklen_t alen = sizeof(me);
-		if (getsockname(s, (struct sockaddr*)&me, &alen) == -1) {
+		socklen_t alen = SOCKADDR_LEN;
+		if (getsockname(s, (struct sockaddr*)me, &alen) == -1) {
 			perror("getsockname");
 			exit(2);
 		}
 	}
-	if (((struct sockaddr_ll *)&me)->sll_halen == 0) {
+	if (me->sll_halen == 0) {
 		if (!quiet)
 			printf("Interface \"%s\" is not ARPable (no ll address)\n", device);
 		exit(dad?0:2);
 	}
 
-	he = me;
+	memcpy(he, me, SOCKADDR_LEN);
 
 #if 1
-	set_device_broadcast(device, ((struct sockaddr_ll *)&he)->sll_addr,
-			     ((struct sockaddr_ll *)&he)->sll_halen);
+	char brdcast_path[SYSFS_PATH_LEN];
+	char *brdcast_val=NULL;
+	char *next_ch;
+
+	if (make_sysfs_broadcast_path(brdcast_path, sizeof brdcast_path) != 0) {
+		perror("sysfs attribute broadcast");
+		exit(2);
+	}
+
+	if ((brdcast_val = read_sysfs_broadcast(brdcast_path)) == NULL) {
+		perror("sysfs read broadcast value");
+		exit(2);
+	}
+
+	for (ch=0; ch<he->sll_halen; ch++) {
+		he->sll_addr[ch] = strtol(brdcast_val + (ch*3), &next_ch, 16);
+	}
+
+	free(brdcast_val);
 #else
-	memset(((struct sockaddr_ll *)&he)->sll_addr, -1, ((struct sockaddr_ll *)&he)->sll_halen);
+	memset(he->sll_addr, -1, he->sll_halen);
 #endif
 
 	if (!quiet) {