From owner-freebsd-net Tue Jun 18 7:29:20 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from wall.polstra.com (wall-gw.polstra.com [206.213.73.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EBF237B404 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 07:29:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g5IETCf79216; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 07:29:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp@wall.polstra.com) Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.11.6/8.11.0) id g5IETBk19887; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 07:29:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp) Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 07:29:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200206181429.g5IETBk19887@vashon.polstra.com> To: net@freebsd.org From: John Polstra Cc: spe@selectbourse.net Subject: Re: Problem using ng_ether In-Reply-To: <20020618122920.9A20EBA19@sbserv0.intra.selectbourse.net> References: <001f01c21493$b0612620$010110ac@SPEWIN> <200206180354.g5I3sQO19132@vashon.polstra.com> <20020618122920.9A20EBA19@sbserv0.intra.selectbourse.net> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In article <20020618122920.9A20EBA19@sbserv0.intra.selectbourse.net>, Sebastien Petit wrote: > Ok, I think that I've found the problem, this patch was not applied in > RELENG_4_5 branch and is just available on RELENG_4 (so FreeBSD-4.6) > Effectlivly, my running kernel was not actually built from those sources. So > now all is working fine, thank you for your help John. Thanks for the follow-up. I'm glad to hear that the fix actually works. :-) > I've two other questions: > * Why this patch was not applied on 4.5-STABLE branch ? RELENG_4_5 is a security branch. Nothing is added to it except important security-related fixes. Ordinary bug fixes are not added to that branch. If you want bug fixes too, you should use RELENG_4. > * How can I distribute my software working with ng_ether without forcing the > user to upgrade his kernel to FreeBSD-4.6 that is not released for the moment > ? It is released now. But here's another option for you. Along with your software, distribute the fixed version of the ng_ether kernel loadable module (ng_ether.ko). Tell your users not to configure NETGRAPH_ETHER into their kernels. Instead, they should load the module. That should solve the problem for them. I think the fixed module should work fine with a 4.5 kernel. John -- John Polstra John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence." -- Chögyam Trungpa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message