Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 00:06:07 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with large numbers of bpf devices Message-ID: <xzpisrgfcmo.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <20030604144331.807B45D08@ptavv.es.net> (Kevin Oberman's message of "Wed, 04 Jun 2003 07:43:31 -0700") References: <20030604144331.807B45D08@ptavv.es.net>
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"Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> writes: > A STABLE (not updated since 12/13/02) system shows very strange behavior > for devices with a minor mode greater than 256. tcpdump does not work > reliably and ls is, uh, "strange", using hex for the minor mode. Minor numbers are traditionally 8-bit, but FreeBSD has 24-bit minor numbers with a gap between the upper 16 and the lower 8. ls(1) prints 8-bit minors in a format compatible with other unices, and uses the incompatible hex format only for minors above 255. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org
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