Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 18:00:08 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@srrc.ars.usda.gov> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problem with the new linux module Message-ID: <20011202180007.A2618@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <20011130102101.A5245@node7.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> References: <20011130102101.A5245@node7.cluster.srrc.usda.gov>
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On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 10:21:01AM -0600, Glenn Johnson wrote: > The commits made to the Linux kernel module beginning Nov 5, 2001 > 19:08:22 GMT have broken the Linux FLEX license manager. The output of > 'lmutil lmhostid' should produce output as follows: > > lmutil - Copyright (C) 1989-2000 Globetrotter Software, Inc. > The FLEXlm host ID of this machine is "000102c921d5" > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > However, with the new Linux module, the following is produced: > > lmutil - Copyright (C) 1989-2000 Globetrotter Software, Inc. > The FLEXlm host ID of this machine is "" > ^^^^ > Note the null host ID. This prevents any product that uses FLEXlm from > verifying its' license and thus keeps it from running. You will have to provide more detailed information if you want this to be resolved. It would be good to know which syscall(s) is behaving differently. Also, make sure your console log doesn't have messages related to unsupported sysctls. HTH, -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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