On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 10:59:48PM +0100, Stefan Sperling wrote: > mos(4) doesn't set IFF_BROADCAST, which prevents hostapd(8) from using it. > hostapd tries a SIOCGIFBRDADDR ioctl which fails with EINVAL in netinet/in.c: > > case SIOCGIFBRDADDR: > if ((ifp->if_flags & IFF_BROADCAST) == 0) > return (EINVAL); > > Index: if_mos.c > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/dev/usb/if_mos.c,v > retrieving revision 1.13 > diff -u -p -r1.13 if_mos.c > --- if_mos.c 25 Jan 2011 20:03:35 -0000 1.13 > +++ if_mos.c 20 Feb 2011 21:46:53 -0000 > @@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ mos_attach(struct device *parent, struct > /* Initialize interface info.*/ > ifp = GET_IFP(sc); > ifp->if_softc = sc; > - ifp->if_flags = IFF_SIMPLEX | IFF_MULTICAST; > + ifp->if_flags = IFF_BROADCAST | IFF_SIMPLEX | IFF_MULTICAST; > ifp->if_ioctl = mos_ioctl; > ifp->if_start = mos_start; > ifp->if_watchdog = mos_watchdog; >
Makes sense. All ethernet devices should set at least IFF_BROADCAST and IFF_MULTICAST. OK claudio@ -- :wq Claudio
