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To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
CC: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: cannot set IP for ethernet
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Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Jun 12 2007 16:13, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> 
>>>On Jun 12 2007 14:41, Oliver Neukum wrote:
>>>
>>>>with 2.6.22-rc4-git2 I am getting errors when setting IP for ethernet
>>>>interfaces:
>>>>
>>>>ioctl(4, SIOCSIFADDR, 0x7fff94931600)   = -1 ENOBUFS (No buffer space available)
> 
> 
> Do you run VPN or some sort?


As far as I can see only inet_device allocation failure can lead
to this error. Please try the patch I sent in case it is reproducable
after reboot.