Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:29:49 -0500 From: Kim Culhan <w8hdkim@gmail.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.2-PRERELESE ifconfig_bridge has no members unless run from rc.local Message-ID: <AANLkTikOCYHyREuRhZxeTOLN5UE=bVd8_Eu%2BZnF4KL1G@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201012080923.31048.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <AANLkTimCW=R41p%2B4Pb=o6or0JT4i2CmTOHyh1bKaisGr@mail.gmail.com> <201012080923.31048.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:23 AM, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Tuesday, December 07, 2010 5:17:30 pm Kim Culhan wrote: > > Had been running a wireless bridge for some months in rc.conf: > > > > ifconfig_bridge0="addm wlan0 addm re1 up" > > > > Updated to 8.2-PRERELEASE 2 days ago and when the machine boots > > the bridge has no members. > > > > Reversing the order of the members results in the bridge having just > > the re1 member. > > > > Running the above command from a shell works and running from > > an rc.local file also works. > > > > FWIW, running from a shell there is about a 3 second delay after hit > enter > > before it returns the shell prompt, members are then present. > > > > The lines in rc.conf: > > > > cloned_interfaces="bridge0" > > ifconfig_wlan0="inet 192.168.1.50/24 channel 11" > > wlans_rum0="wlan0" > > create_args_wlan0="wlanmode hostap mode 11g" > > ifconfig_bridge0="addm wlan0 addm re1 up" > > > > Tried replacing the re device with em, no change. > > > > Any help is very greatly appreciated. > > Most likely the bridge0 device is created by /etc/rc.d/netif before the > wlan0 > device is created, so when the system startup tries to configure bridge0, > the > ifconfig statement fails. > > What does 'ifconfig -l' show after you have booted? > It shows: re0 em0 plip0 lo0 bridge0 On the console at boot there is, after the file partition status and setting the hostname: ifconfig: BRDGADD wlan0: No such file or directory Following this is: Starting Network: lo0 re0 em0 bridge0 Which is followed by output the same as from ifconfig -a including bridge0 which has no members. Next is: Starting Network: rum0 rum0: flags=8843<UP, BROADCAST etc -kim
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