From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 1 11:04:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDF4216A4CE for ; Mon, 1 Nov 2004 11:04:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A2E143D41 for ; Mon, 1 Nov 2004 11:04:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id iA1B4IBL020859; Mon, 1 Nov 2004 03:04:18 -0800 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id iA1B4Iv7020858; Mon, 1 Nov 2004 03:04:18 -0800 Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 03:04:18 -0800 From: Brooks Davis To: Rob Message-ID: <20041101110418.GA20594@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <4186168C.1000900@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="envbJBWh7q8WU6mo" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4186168C.1000900@yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu cc: freebsd-current Subject: Re: 5.3 + dhclient: bpf needed in kernel config? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 11:04:16 -0000 --envbJBWh7q8WU6mo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 07:57:16PM +0900, Rob wrote: >=20 > I have left out bpf in the kernel config and > all of a sudden dhclient (for DHCP) exits with an > error message, complaining that bpf is not there? >=20 > Since when (and why) is bpf needed by /sbin/dhclient? bpf has always been required to run dhclient. We'd love to see that requirement go away, but we need to modify he network stack to allow programs to bind to an interface with a 0.0.0.0 address and no one has done so yet. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --envbJBWh7q8WU6mo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBhhgxXY6L6fI4GtQRAiyfAKCzqTN2yB977dFWv0AZD9Xi/hr/vgCgjhhV X2Ou7DQpap/DwlwEKzixXpQ= =VLNo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --envbJBWh7q8WU6mo--