From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 16:17:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 16:16:07 -0500 Received: from amdext.amd.com ([139.95.251.1]:37031 "EHLO amdext.amd.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 16:15:34 -0500 X-Server-Uuid: 02753650-11b0-11d5-bbc5-00508bf987eb Message-ID: <3C45ED5C.A384BBB@cmdmail.amd.com> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 13:15:08 -0800 From: "Amit Gupta" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.12-generic-mpd i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Dana Lacoste" cc: "'Luigi Genoni'" , "Amit Gupta" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: arpd not working in 2.4.17 or 2.5.1 In-Reply-To: X-WSS-ID: 105B32EF475947-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org btw: I get some warning messages when I compile arpd 1.0.4 on 2.4.* kernel. just wondering if this might also contribute to the problem. root@lx-master:~/arpd-1.0.4# make gcc -O6 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall -DARPD_VERSION=\"1.0.4\" arpd.c -o arpd arpd.c: In function `arpd_walk_procfs': arpd.c:272: warning: long unsigned int format, unsigned int arg (arg 4) root@lx-master:~/arpd-1.0.4# ls -la arpd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16636 Jan 16 13:10 arpd* for arpd.c: line 266-274 void arpd_walk_procfs(struct arpd_request * request, void * foo) { struct in_addr inaddr; inaddr.s_addr = request->ip; fprintf(stderr, "Tbl: %s (%08lx)\n", inet_ntoa(inaddr), ntohl(request->ip)); return; } Dana Lacoste wrote: > Right now it's fully working with 2.4.9, i'll put > 2.4.17 on there and see what it does :) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Luigi Genoni [mailto:kernel@Expansa.sns.it] > > Sent: January 16, 2002 06:50 > > To: Dana Lacoste > > Cc: Amit Gupta; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Subject: RE: arpd not working in 2.4.17 or 2.5.1 > > > > > > How are you managing /dev/arpd? > > It seems that the kernel is not behaving correctly with this device > > > > > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Dana Lacoste wrote: > > > > > I have a 2.4 compatible arpd running, but with our > > > company being bought by a big US software company > > > I'm having trouble convincing management to allow > > > the GPL release. It's becoming very important so > > > I'm hopeful that I'll be successful shortly, but > > > until then I have to be quiet :) > > > > > > -- > > > Dana Lacoste - Linux Developer > > > Peregrine Systems - Ottawa, Canada > > > > > > (Note that Peregrine acquired Loran, and jlayes@loran.com > > > is an email address of a former employee, so i'm kind of > > > the relevant person to talk to for arpd stuff, because that > > > other address won't work :) > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Luigi Genoni [mailto:kernel@Expansa.sns.it] > > > > Sent: January 15, 2002 10:03 > > > > To: Amit Gupta > > > > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > > > Subject: Re: arpd not working in 2.4.17 or 2.5.1 > > > > > > > > > > > > Latest kernel I saw working with arpd (user space daemon) I > > > > am manteining > > > > is 2.2.16, then from 2.4.4 (for 2.4 series), some changes > > were done to > > > > kernel so that the kernel does not talk correctly with the device > > > > /dev/arpd anymore. > > > > It is not the first time I write about this on lkml, but it > > > > seems none is > > > > interested in manteining the kernel space component for > > arpd support. > > > > I did some investigation, but the code for arpd support > > > > itself inside of > > > > the kernel seems to be ok, something else is wrong with > > neighour.c. > > > > > > > > So at less I can say the user space daemon works well on > > 2.2.16 I have > > > > around ;). > > > > > > > > Luigi > > > > > > > > On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Amit Gupta wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > > > I am running 2.5.1 kernel on a 2 AMD processor system and > > > > have enable > > > > > routing messages, netlink and arpd support inside kernel as > > > > described in > > > > > arpd docs. > > > > > > > > > > Then after making 36 character devices, when I run arpd, > > > > it's starts up > > > > > but always keeps silent (strace) and the kernel also does > > > > not keep it's > > > > > 256 arp address limit. > > > > > > > > > > Pls help fix it, I need linux to be able to talk to > > more than 1024 > > > > > clients. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in Advance. > > > > > > > > > > Amit > > > > > amit.gupta@amd.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > > > > linux-kernel" in > > > > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > > > > More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > > > linux-kernel" in > > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > > >