Re: ifconfig from 5.0_RC2 fails to work on -current

[David Young <dyoung%pobox.com@localhost>]

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 08:56:33PM +0000, Iain Hibbert wrote:
> Hi,
>    I tried booting a -current kernel with a 5.0RC2 userland and ifconfig
> fails to get interface information:
> 
>   {1} ifconfig -a
>   ifconfig: getifaddrs: Invalid argument
>   {2} ifconfig wpi0
>   ifconfig: getifaddrs: Invalid argument
>   {3} ifconfig wm0
>   ifconfig: getifaddrs: Invalid argument
>   {4}: ifconfig sdfs3
>   ifconfig: SIOCGIFFLAGS sdfs3: Device not configured
> 
> using a static version from the NetBSD-current destdir worked fine. Is the
> 5.0RC2 version expected to work/not work?

I expect for it to work.  Is the -current kernel compiled with
COMPAT_50, if there is any such thing?  What ioctl returns Invalid
argument?  Let's see what ktrace has to say.

Dave

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