From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 24 13:48:49 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24F9B106566C for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:48:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@vfemail.net) Received: from vfemail.net (dell.vfemail.net [69.11.239.69]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2EC78FC13 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:48:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@vfemail.net) Received: (qmail 4693 invoked by uid 89); 24 Jun 2008 13:48:40 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO inmail.vfemail.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 24 Jun 2008 13:48:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 71636 invoked by uid 89); 24 Jun 2008 11:14:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO vfemail.net) (vfemail@172.16.100.20) by 0 with SMTP; 24 Jun 2008 11:14:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 18421 invoked by uid 0); 24 Jun 2008 11:14:46 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 18381, pid: 18418, t: 0.1475s scanners:none Received: from unknown (HELO bofh-enc.shahriars.net) (freebsd@vfemail.net@69.11.239.68) by mail.vfemail.net with ESMTPA; 24 Jun 2008 11:14:46 -0000 Message-ID: <4860E4FF.8000500@vfemail.net> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:13:51 +0000 From: FreeBSD User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080531) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pietro Cerutti References: <20080623084112.8knm86ara4g0ks4k@mail.vfemail.net> <485FC622.5020802@FreeBSD.org> <20080623140750.0t3yghqgr48o0kwk@mail.vfemail.net> <485FFB11.70008@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <485FFB11.70008@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: User Questions Subject: Re: Problem with IF_RE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:48:49 -0000 Pietro Cerutti wrote: > > | > | No, I do not have it. Do you suppose I should? I have other devices and > | nodes coming up alright -- including mapping for different loopback > | devices as well. > > Well, the os doesn't receive link up notifications from the interface.. > I fear is not as simple as devd, but you can't give it a try, it won't > hurt... > > | > | Thanks > | > | Dear Pietro Did that, and nothing happened. The OS is still not going anywhere -- i.e., not responding to ifconfig up or down instructions, and response from ifconfig re0 remains the same. As suggested by Abdullah, I will try to cvsup with RELENG_7 and rebuild the world/kernel. Let's see what happens. Thanks to all.