Re: pkg/42471

[Victor Dorneanu <victor%dornea.nu@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/42471; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Victor Dorneanu <victor%dornea.nu@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: pkg-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
 pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/42471
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:56:38 +0100

 OBATA Akio wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR pkg/42471; it has been noted by GNATS.
 >
 > From: "OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: pkg/42471
 > Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:29:56 +0900
 >
 >  Is this issue same as PR#37003?
 >  If so, it seems that suggested patch is wrong approach.
 >  
 >
 >   
 
 Indeed, it is the same bug. But I don't quite agree with:
 
        This is due to NetBSD handling tap device name differently,
        it does not allow an fstat, but uses an ioctl instead.
        Below is a patch I used to fix this.
 
 
 (found here: http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=37003)
 
 In my oppinion (correct me if I'm wrong) the specified device ("-net
 tap,ifname=tapX") /dev/tapX should be used as parameter for the tap_open
 function. The provided patch (for PR#37003) might be the better
 solution. Since I'm quite new to NetBSD and its internals. it is up to
 you to decide which one applies better to NetBSD.
 
 Btw: PR#37003 was reported in 2007. How comes the same malfunction is
 still existent?
 
 -- 
 Victor Dorneanu