Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 03:04:18 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 5.3 + dhclient: bpf needed in kernel config? Message-ID: <20041101110418.GA20594@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <4186168C.1000900@yahoo.com> References: <4186168C.1000900@yahoo.com>
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--envbJBWh7q8WU6mo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 07:57:16PM +0900, Rob wrote: >=20 > I have left out bpf in the kernel config and > all of a sudden dhclient (for DHCP) exits with an > error message, complaining that bpf is not there? >=20 > Since when (and why) is bpf needed by /sbin/dhclient? bpf has always been required to run dhclient. We'd love to see that requirement go away, but we need to modify he network stack to allow programs to bind to an interface with a 0.0.0.0 address and no one has done so yet. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --envbJBWh7q8WU6mo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBhhgxXY6L6fI4GtQRAiyfAKCzqTN2yB977dFWv0AZD9Xi/hr/vgCgjhhV X2Ou7DQpap/DwlwEKzixXpQ= =VLNo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --envbJBWh7q8WU6mo--
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