Re: rtadvd(8) for rump

[Robert Swindells <rjs%fdy2.co.uk@localhost>]

Taylor R Campbell <campbell+netbsd-tech-net%mumble.net@localhost> wrote:
>> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 01:31:57 +0100
>> From: Robert Swindells <rjs%fdy2.co.uk@localhost>
>> 
>> I plan to check in the attached patch to rtadvd(8) to make it work
>> better under rump.
>> 
>> It removes the privsep code when built as rump.rtadvd.
>> 
>> I can't think of a way of setting up a path to a rump server socket that
>> remains the same across a call to chroot(2).
>
>Why does the path matter at that point?  Shouldn't the socket already
>be connected by rumpclient_init by then?  What is the problem you're
>trying to solve by this?

The problem I'm trying to solve is that rump.rtadvd doesn't do anything.

With the proposed changes it works fine.

I admit I'm guessing a bit about why it currently fails to work.