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

Kevin Winchester
2007-11-16T01:01:50Z

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.

I have no idea what I'm doing, but I'll take a look at the patch anyway...

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Kevin Winchester