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From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To: Mike <mike@seidata.com>
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Subject: Re: rtinit
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do you have appletalk?


On Thu, 27 Nov 1997, Mike wrote:

> Running 2.2.5-STABLE I get the following on bootup immediately after the
> "Local package initialization:" line:
> 
> ---
> 
> rtinit: wrong ifa (0xf0a9fc00) was (0xf0a18280)
> 
> ---
> 
> I ran this by the guys we have some support contracts with and they echoed
> back little more than "check everything that's going on after local
> initialization".  I asked for details on rtinit and/or ifa, but they would
> give me nothing...  man -k yields the following:
> 
> ---
> 
> ifnet(9), ifaddr(9), ifqueue(9), if_data(9) - kernel interfaces for
> manipulating network interfaces
> 
> ---
> 
> First, I got worried...  since I recognized section 9 as the Kernel
> Developer's section...  Then I viewed the man page...  and got even more
> worried...  since 3/4's of the page is function descriptions. ;)  I get,
> roughly, that all this relates to the kernel's mechanisms for handling
> network interfaces...  but I would really appreciate more information
> about what's causing the specific error shown above.  Is there some sort
> of conflict with my arp/network setup?
> 
> Being realatively unfamiliar with this topic, I'm sure I've left out
> helpful information, so please email me if you need anything more!
> 
> ---
>  Mike Hoskins
>  SEI Data Network Services, Inc.
>  mike@seidata.com
> 
>