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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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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

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