Date: 9 Nov 1999 18:43:34 -0000 From: trost@cloud.rain.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: i386/14806: if_tun.ko conflicts with built-in tunnel driver Message-ID: <19991109184334.3615.qmail@grey.cloud.rain.com>
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>Number: 14806 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: if_tun.ko conflicts with built-in tunnel driver >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Nov 9 10:50:01 PST 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Bill Trost >Release: FreeBSD 3.3-19991104-STABLE i386 >Organization: Trost Computing >Environment: >Description: If if_tun.ko is loaded over a kernel containing a tunnel driver compiled in, "ppp -auto" does not work, although running ppp straight does. >How-To-Repeat: Build a kernel with the line pseudo-device tun 1 in its config file and boot it. Run the following commands kldload if_tun.ko ppp -auto some_host Try to ping the remote end of the PPP link. Expect an error like "host is down." >Fix: Beyond "don't do that," I don't know what to do about the problem. It wouldn't be so bad if it weren's such a sneaky problem. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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