Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:30:03 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src UPDATING src/sys/sys param.h src/sys/net if.c if.h Message-ID: <20040830213003.GA24404@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040830155015.A40262@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> References: <200408300629.i7U6TQ5C088279@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040830155015.A40262@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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--liOOAslEiF7prFVr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 03:50:15PM -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > Brooks Davis [brooks@FreeBSD.org] wrote: > > brooks 2004-08-30 06:29:26 UTC > >=20 > > FreeBSD src repository > >=20 > > Modified files: > > . UPDATING=20 > > sys/sys param.h=20 > > sys/net if.c if.h=20 > > Log: > > Add a new variable, ifi_epoch, to struct if_data. It is set to the l= ast >=20 > Any chance this is what's breaking ifconfig for me on powerpc with > a 2-week old world and a brand new kernel? >=20 > With brand new kernel, I see this: >=20 > g4# ifconfig gem0 > : flags=3D108802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >=20 > Using an ifconfig which matches the kernel: > g4# /usr/obj/usr/src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig gem0 > gem0: flags=3D108802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > ether 00:03:93:56:99:42 > media: Ethernet autoselect >=20 >=20 > Is this also happening on sparc64? I don't think so. The main offenders will be programs that walk the interface list via libkvm and programs that use struct if_data. ifconfig does neither. If you haven't recompiled a module, a non-working ifconfig might result if by some miracle you didn't get a panic on attach. -- 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 --liOOAslEiF7prFVr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBM5xaXY6L6fI4GtQRAsLZAKDEStlf54FnxC3jgu5UN6/NoXugXACgtl2e m3ens5diaPOouQZw4uVXLes= =fJGG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --liOOAslEiF7prFVr--
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