Since I've upgraded to 2.6.24, I haven't been able to use net-misc/arpstar without a fatal kernel panic. I first encountered this on a hardened amd64 system (and arpstar has been working for me for years on this system, even though only being keyworded x86...), but I've recently been able to test on a vanilla 32-bit x86 gentoo install, with the exact same result. Here is a picture of the panic with the hardened amd64 kernel, the x86 message appears to be the same; http://hamiltonshells.ca/~hopeless/688371/arpstar.png The module loads just fine, but as soon as you initiate any network traffic (with ping, for example) the machine panics. I've tried it with all three hardened-sources 2.6.24 kernels, and gentoo-sources-2.6.24-r8 on x86. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.boot 2.6.24 kernel 2.modprobe arpstar 3.ping -c2 www.gentoo.org
My symptoms on (hardened/x86/2.6, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.24-hardened-r3 i686) began the instant I manually loaded the module; I got no printouts, the box simply froze solid. Has anyone tried arpstar on 2.6.25.x ? (I'd eventually like to go beyond 2.6.23 and try the XTS encryption option with truecrypt, but use my laptop at uncivilized hotspots a lot and really like having arpstar!! :-) )
. . Well, it seems that Gentoo Bugzilla has gone dumb; at least on this bug. Not even an acknowledgment that we or the report exists. FWIW, Hopeless, I'm guessing that Arpstar is dead. I'm guessing that everyone but a few of us were aware that it has been replaced by arpon: http://arpon.sourceforge.net/ Arpon seems to be a well-designed tool; my laptop will certainly use it at hotpots, given Gentoo Arpstar is no longer. HTH
This package is now facing removal since nobody is looking after it http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_3bb464395395d557abe99cbe97076679.xml
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