RE: [2.0.35] NIC/ipfwadm problems on AXP

Tom Vier (nester@sekurity.org)
Thu, 9 Jul 1998 07:06:24 -0400 (EDT)

it looks like ipfwadm is trying to setup stuff that wasn't
compiled. look for the appropriate files in /proc/net and
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/; if they aren't there, then they weren't compiled.

> I have the same hardware (Alpha Avanti (Mustang)), but am
> running RedHat 5.1 "out of the box" (I've not yet gone to egcs), and I'm
> running the 2.0.34 kernel.
> I've compiled in the same options, looking to setup ipfwadm. I'm
> getting exactly the same error "setsockopt: invalid argument".
> I've been using this on i386 Linux for a long time with no
> problems, but it refuses to run under an identical setup on Alpha Linux.
> > detected at a different IO address), and second, all ipfwadm commands
> > fail
> > with "setsockopt: invalid argument". The system is Avanti (Mustang)
> > being
> > built with ALPHA_SRM_SETUP and booting via SRM console v6.8. I have
> > compiled in IP forwarding, firewalling and masquerading (which I've
> > been
> > using extensively for years on x86). Here is a sample of an strace
> > for
> > ipfwadm:

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