Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Peter Jones <> | | Subject | Re: Can't locate module net-pf-3 (or 5) | | Date | Thu, 11 Apr 1996 23:24:01 +0100 |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > > No, its a 'bug' in ifconfig, it is requesting all kinds of Adress families > > (which is not the right thing to do .). This will be fixed in the next > > net-tools Release. > > Please don't fix it. ifconfig is meant to use all the families. It has to, so > that it can issue queries for each device type. Other tools do the same and > will continue to do so. People should configure their kerneld config properly. > > Alan
Alan,
The problem here, I think, is that the mapping from number is dynamic. Looking at protocol.c, the table depends on what protocols are configured into the kernel. What is needed is a static identifier per protocol, so that kerneld can request, say, net-pf-ax25. These mappings could then be built into modprobe. Alternatively, make the numbers static.
-- Peter
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