Re: gre devices in GENERIC

[Nathan Binkert <binkertn@umich.edu>]

I think the problem here is that if GRE is not compiled in, the data gets
passed on to rip_input instead of gre_input.  If GRE is compile in, even
if there are no pseudo devices, the data gets passed to gre_input.

I'm working on a solution.

  Nathan

> I tried config, and it specifically said I couldn't simply turn off
> pre-compiled pseudo's without a recompile.
>
> Regards,
> Christian.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Shalayeff [mailto:mickey@lucifier.net]
> > Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 2:15 PM
> > To: Christian Edward Gruber
> > Cc: ports@openbsd.org; tech@openbsd.org
> > Subject: Re: gre devices in GENERIC
> >
> >
> > Making, drinking tea and reading an opus magnum from
> > Christian Edward Gruber:
> > > Hi,
> > re
> >
> > >
> > >    Since pptp seems to need to have no gre pseudo-devices
> > defined in
> > > order to work, would it make sense to move the gre definition from
> > > /sys/conf/GENERIC to /sys/arch/${ARCH}/conf/GENERIC ?  That way one
> > > isn't hacking up the /arch/GENERIC file just to run a port.
> > >
> > >    Having said that, maybe the right answer is to get pptp
> > ot use the
> > > gre pseudo-device properly, but that's beyond my capabilities.
> > >
> > >    Not a big issue, just a small quirk.
> >
> > one does not need to recompile the kernel to disable
> > pseudo-devs, see config(8) and boot_config(8) .
> >
> > cu
> >
> > --
> >     paranoic mickey       (my employers have changed but, the
> > name has remained)