Hey Andrea: When you get a chance, can you test this patch on SuSE and if it works commit it into trunk?
I don't have any SuSE test servers right now, otherwise I would probably do it myself... :-) BTW, is there a chance that af_packet resides in /lib64/ ? Thanks, Bernard > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Ashley Gould > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 10:17 > To: sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Sisuite-users] sit0: unknown hardware address > type 776 on boot cd load > > Funny, I was just going to post about this issue. > > I'm also running sles9. SuSE builds CONFIG_PACKET as module > (af_packet) > instead of statically. I found that sometimes af_packet is > loaded already and > sometimes not. I added a patch to check for it and load if > needed before > pulling all the modules into the new ramdisk. This is on 3.6.2-1: > > hvxen-0d:/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/systemimager-3.6.2/lib/Syst > emImager # diff -Naur UseYourOwnKernel.pm.orig UseYourOwnKernel.pm > --- UseYourOwnKernel.pm.orig 2006-03-20 10:08:43.514373401 -0800 > +++ UseYourOwnKernel.pm 2006-03-20 10:10:27.941472511 -0800 > @@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ > my $uname_r = get_uname_r(); > my $module_paths = `find /lib/modules/$uname_r`; > > + # test for af_packet. needed for dhclient during > install -AG- > + my $af_packet_mod = `find /lib/modules/$uname_r > -name af_packet*`; > + chomp $af_packet_mod; > + if (-f "$af_packet_mod") { > + my $cmd = "/sbin/modprobe af_packet >/dev/null 2>&1"; > + !system($cmd) or die("Couldn't $cmd"); > + } > + > my @modules = get_load_ordered_list_of_running_modules(); > foreach( @modules ) { > > > > > On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 02:44:48PM -0600, Scott Lepech wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I just had to modprobe af_packet to make the af_packet.ko > module active. I > > then recreate the boot image. Now dhclient works fine. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > -ashley > > Did you try poking at it with a stick? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking > scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend > the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new > coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&; > dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Sisuite-users mailing list > Sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Sisuite-devel mailing list Sisuite-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-devel
