Re: what happened to hme0 ?

[Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost>]

On Feb 1, 2011, at 11:21 PM, matthew green wrote:

> 
>> Booting a new custom kernel on my U1 completes seemingly ok, but it has lost
>> its network interface:
>> 
>> unidata# ifconfig -a
>> ifconfig: getifaddrs: No such file or directory
>> unidata# ifconfig hme0
>> ifconfig: getifaddrs: No such file or directory
>> 
>> 
>> dmesg still sees it:
>> 
>> hme0 at sbus0 slot 14 offset 0x8c00000 vector 21 ipl 6: Sun Happy Meal
>> Ethernet
>> (SUNW,hme)
>> hme0: Ethernet address 08:00:20:7c:3a:53
>> nsphy0 at hme0 phy 1: DP83840 10/100 media interface, rev. 0
>> nsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
>> 
>> This is with sources (5.99.45) as of a few hours ago.
>> 
>> My previous, working, kernel was from Jan 8.
>> 
>> hme0 at sbus0 slot 14 offset 0x8c00000 vector 21 ipl 6: Sun Happy Meal
>> Ethernet (SUNW,hme)
>> hme0: Ethernet address 08:00:20:7c:3a:53
>> nsphy0 at hme0 phy 1: DP83840 10/100 media interface, rev. 0
>> nsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> 
> 
> matt, any chance your PF_ROUTE* change is at fault here?

My guess is that his kernel doesn't have options COMPAT_50 and he 
didn't update his userland so the old backwards compatible PF_ROUTE
isn't in his kernel.