[klibc] problems with ipconfig command (no static config possible)
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Sun Aug 15 13:45:43 PDT 2004
Dirk von Suchodoletz wrote:
>
> (I tried without "ip=" too, but no differences)
>
> I got a version from Olaf Hering of SuSE which at least was able to set
> the IP number statically the way examples above. Unfortunately this
> version does not honour the netmask settings :-( So I'm running into
> trouble because the automatic setting of the 132.X.Y.Z delivers a class B
> netmask (and not class C as required).
>
> Any ideas?
>
Sounds like a bug that needs to be fixed. I'll look at it shortly.
A good way to debug klibc programs is to use strace; the sequence of
system calls is usually quite clean.
-hpa
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