Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 14:15:58 GMT From: Christopher Nelson <nadiasvertex@gmail.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: conf/97301: inifinite loop on boot when network_interfaces set to nonexistent interface Message-ID: <200605151415.k4FEFwnt057871@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200605151420.k4FEKLZQ091807@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 97301 >Category: conf >Synopsis: inifinite loop on boot when network_interfaces set to nonexistent interface >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon May 15 14:20:21 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Christopher Nelson >Release: 6.1 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD titan.neptune.home 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May 7 04:42:56 UTC 2006 root@opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 >Description: If you set network_interfaces in rc.conf to a nonexistent interface, the initialization code loops infinitely, posting an error message to the console. boot is stalled and you have to restart in single-user mode, mount the fs r/w and fix the definition to go anywhere. >How-To-Repeat: edit rc.conf. add the line: network_interfaces="bfe0,ndis0" >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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