dhcpcd-1.3.20_p0-r1 is the only one that works on this box. The more recent ones blow up, with bad ioctl and respawn so many times they virtually lock up the machine. I suspect this may be because I am running a 2.5 kernel. I havent tried it with a 2.4 kernel on this box because of other userland issues, such as LVM tools only good for 2.5 kernel, etc. However I have tried the latest dhcpcd on another box with a 2.4 kernel, and it did not explode. The problem may also be related to a configuration difference in the networking options between my usual 2.4 and this 2.5 kernel builds... So, please consider keeping dhcpcd-1.3.20_p0-r1 in portage. Thanks; Paul
x86-crew can you confirm this ? if not plz mark it as invalid
cannot confirm.