From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 16 15:26:41 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B976E16A4B3 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:26:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alcanet.com.au (mail2.alcanet.com.au [203.62.196.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDAD743F93 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:26:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Received: from sydsmtp02.alcatel.com.au (IDENT:root@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])h8GMQceq031054; Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:26:38 +1000 Received: from gsmx07.alcatel.com.au ([139.188.20.247]) by sydsmtp02.alcatel.com.au (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.12) with ESMTP id 2003091708263782:2103 ; Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:26:37 +1000 Received: from gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8GMQb7d093975; Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:26:37 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Received: (from jeremyp@localhost) by gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h8GMQWMl093974; Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:26:32 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:26:32 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Gianmarco Giovannelli , stable@freebsd.org, esperti@gufi.org Message-ID: <20030916222632.GF91404@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> Mail-Followup-To: Gianmarco Giovannelli , stable@freebsd.org, esperti@gufi.org References: <6.0.0.22.2.20030916073154.03af28a8@194.184.65.4> <20030916062637.GA25332@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <6.0.0.22.2.20030916084546.0305c1c0@194.184.65.4> <20030916071956.GA25582@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20030916071956.GA25582@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on SYDSMTP02/AlcatelAustralia(Release 5.0.12 |February 13, 2003) at 17/09/2003 08:26:37 AM,|February 13, 2003) at 17/09/2003 08:26:39 AM, Serialize complete at 17/09/2003 08:26:39 AM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: strange problem with: ed driver / 4.9-PRE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:26:42 -0000 On 2003-Sep-16 09:19:56 +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote: >(A quick look at the source indicates that there are some other drivers >that do not meet those assumptions either, so a proper fix should >include changing ifconfig(8) to make fewer assumptions but such a >change would require lots of testing to make sure it is correct.) I've bumped into this with the vlan driver as well. I believe the fix is to patch ifconfig(8) so that it checks for "DEVICE" as well as "if_DEVICE" and skips the load if either is found. I don't believe this change is especially risky. Peter