kern/37916: -current changes around 2007-12-2[01] broke pkgsrc/net/netatalk functionality

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>Number:         37916
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       -current changes around Dec 20th/21st 2007 broke 
>pkgsrc/net/netatalk
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jan 30 08:00:01 +0000 2008
>Originator:     Markus W Kilbinger
>Release:        NetBSD 4.99.51
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD cochise 4.99.51 NetBSD 4.99.51 (QUBE) #38: Wed Jan 30 08:00:04 
MET 2008 root@qie:/usr/src/sys/arch/cobalt/compile/QUBE cobalt
Architecture: mipsel
Machine: cobalt
>Description:
        -current source changes around 2007-12-2[01] broke
        pkgsrc/net/netatalk funtionality. Before my installed netatalk
        package was flawlessly able to configure the ethernet device
        and startup all relevant netatalk daemons. After these changes
        I see several error messages:

          atalkd[1434]: restart (2.0.3)
          atalkd[1434]: zip_getnetinfo for tlp0
          /netbsd: ddp_route: no address found
          atalkd[1434]: zip_getnetinfo sendto: Invalid argument
          atalkd[1434]: bootaddr (zip_getnetinfo): Invalid argument
          atalkd: difaddr(0.0): Can't assign requested address
          atalkd: difaddr(0.0): Can't assign requested address
          timelord[349]: main: atp_open: Can't assign requested address
          [...]
          afpd[727]: main: atp_open: Can't assign requested address

... and the atalk based network communications no longer work/get
configured.

Beside the updated kernel I didn't change anything of the running
system, esp. _not_ netatalk's config files..

I verified that this problem is present on my cobalt qube2 / mipsel
and my i386 machine.

Recompiling the pkgsrc/net/netatalk package (from scratch) doesn't
change anything.

Simply reverting the src/sys/netatalk change of that time

  http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2007/12/21/0009.html

does not solve the problem.

Because the kernel changes provoked this problem for me I've put this
pr under category 'kern' (but maybe the solution will be some pkg
changes ;-)).
>How-To-Repeat:
        Try to run an installed pkgsrc/net/netatalk package on an
        actual -current machine and see how it fails to configure
        ethernet devices with atalk.
>Fix:
        unknown