cvs commit: src UPDATING src/sys/sys param.h src/sys/net if.c if.h

[Brooks Davis]

On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 03:50:15PM -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> Brooks Davis [brooks at FreeBSD.org] wrote:
> > brooks      2004-08-30 06:29:26 UTC
> > 
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     .                    UPDATING 
> >     sys/sys              param.h 
> >     sys/net              if.c if.h 
> >   Log:
> >   Add a new variable, ifi_epoch, to struct if_data.  It is set to the last
> 
> Any chance this is what's breaking ifconfig for me on powerpc with
> a 2-week old world and a brand new kernel?
> 
> With brand new kernel, I see this:
> 
> g4# ifconfig gem0
> : flags=108802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> 
> Using an ifconfig which matches the kernel:
> g4# /usr/obj/usr/src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig gem0
> gem0: flags=108802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         ether 00:03:93:56:99:42
>         media: Ethernet autoselect
> 
> 
> 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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