SMP Machine

Richard B. Johnson (root@analogic.com)
Mon, 21 Apr 1997 20:48:22 -0400 (EDT)

The 2.1.36x machine has been up for 6 hours and allowed me to log in
via PPP. This is a good sign. However, sysctl_net_ipv4 and friends
seems to be badly broken. It is not possible to turn on IP Routing....

Script started on Mon Apr 21 20:22:00 1997
# more ip_forwarding
2
# echo "1" >ip_forwarding
# echo "1" >ip_forwarding
# echo "1" >ip_forwarding
# more ip_forwarding
2
# pwd
/proc/sys/net/ipv4
# cd ~
# echo "1">/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forwarding
# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forwarding
2
# chmod +w /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forwarding
# chmod +w /proc/sys/net/ipv4
# chmod +w /proc/sys/net
# chmod +w /proc/sys
# chmod +w /proc
# echo "1">/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forwarding
# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forwarding
2
# exit
exit
Script done on Mon Apr 21 20:24:46 1997

I "fixed" this in my other copy of 2.1.35 by setting the default to
"on", so the problem seems to be in the logical link between the /proc
file system and ipv4_def_router_config, rather than the code in
sysctl_net_ipv4.c

CONFIG_SYSCTL=y in .config

Is there something else I should do or hack it to get routing running?

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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