Re: gem(4) fails with 5.1.2 kernel

[Frank Wille <frank%phoenix.owl.de@localhost>]

On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:12:05 -0500
Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:

> > ifconfig(8) reports strange capabilities for gem(4). Something like:
> >         capabilities=800
> > 
> > ...without naming the capabilities. In the 3.1 kernel there were
> > some more capabilities, with their names in brackets.
> 
> Is that still the 3.1 userland?

Yes.


> The capabilities did change at some point, IIRC to reflect some
> hardware bugs.

Ok. That together with the 3.1 userland might explain the missing
designation for the 800 capability.

But shouldn't ping(8) work, even with 3.1 userland? I did not enable any
capability.


I will try booting from a 5.1.2 installation CD to verify the problem.

-- 
Frank Wille