Re: 2.6.24-rc2-mm1 -- strange apparent network failures

Andrew Morton
2007-11-16T01:09:53Z

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:01:32 -0400
Kevin Winchester <kjwinchester@gmail.com> wrote:

> On November 15, 2007 08:44:41 pm Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:28:29 -0400
> >
> > Kevin Winchester <kjwinchester@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On November 15, 2007 06:02:09 am Andy Whitcroft wrote:
>
> > > I see this as well - the computer boots fine but no network. The only
> > > clues in the dmesg are:
> > >
> > > [ 294.097876] warning: process `dhclient' gets w/ old libcap
> > > [ 294.097893] warning: process `dhclient' sets w/ old libcap
> > >
> > > So I'll try backing up the patch series to before:
> > >
> > > add-64-bit-capability-support-to-the-kernel.patch
> >
>
> That's the winner. The changelog indicates that the patch is meant to keep
> compatibility with older userspace, so I guess it didn't quite keep as much
> compatibility as it wanted.

OK, thanks for working that out - I'll temporarily drop that patch until we
get it sorted.