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Date:      Thu, 8 Nov 2001 01:40:18 -0800
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc:        "K.Sumitani" <ksumitani@mui.biglobe.ne.jp>, emulation@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Linuxulator MFC and VMware
Message-ID:  <20011108014018.A552@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
In-Reply-To: <20011107203715.A1106@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
References:  <20011107234409.XACFC0A8274C.C78F0C8A@mail.biglobe.ne.jp> <xzp3d3q8vsj.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <xzpy9li7etq.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20011107203715.A1106@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>

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On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 08:37:15PM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 04:58:41PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> > Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> writes:
> > > I'll have a patch ready later tonight.
> > 
> > Attached.
> > 
> > This is a hack; it's linux_ioctl()'s responsibility to check that the
> > fd is a socket before calling linux_ioctl_socket(), and there should
> > be a separate function for non-socket GIFADDR/SIFADDR/PRIVATE ioctls.
> > I'll see if I can come up with something better when I'm back from
> > Brighton; in the meantime, use either Marcel's patch or this one if
> > they work and don't break anything else (I think Marcel's patch breaks
> > ifconfig).
> 
> Bummer. I forgot to test this today at work (that's where I have the
> only -stable machine I can "develop" on). I'll do it tomorrow...

I tried this on -current just now and it fails with the same popup I
got with my patch on -stable:

"Encountered an error while initializing the ethernet address.
 You probably have an old vnet driver. Try installing a newer version
 Failed to configure ethernet0."

I suspect another socket ioctl. I'll take a look at it tomorrow.

-- 
 Marcel Moolenaar	  USPA: A-39004		 marcel@xcllnt.net

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