Bug 17043

Summary:	newer dhcpcd blow up on machine running 2.5.x kernel
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Paul Thompson <set.mailinglist>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	x86-kernel (DEPRECATED) <x86-kernel>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	1.4_rc1
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Paul Thompson 2003-03-07 15:42:03 UTC

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

Comment 1 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-03-08 21:05:20 UTC

x86-crew can you confirm this ? if not plz mark it as invalid

Comment 2 Jay Pfeifer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-05-04 13:56:48 UTC

cannot confirm.