glibc and kernel update

glibc and kernel update

[Rik van Riel]

Hi,

I still haven't resolved the problems between glibc, the
2.1 kernel series and pppd :(

Now I got a new idea: Since most of the kernel interfaces
go through glibc, does this mean that I have to get the
glibc source and recompile the whole thing in order to get
working ppp with a 2.1 kernel?

Rik.
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Re: glibc and kernel update

[Eric W. Biederman]

>>>>> "RR" == Rik van Riel <H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl> writes:

RR> Hi,
RR> I still haven't resolved the problems between glibc, the
RR> 2.1 kernel series and pppd :(

RR> Now I got a new idea: Since most of the kernel interfaces
RR> go through glibc, does this mean that I have to get the
RR> glibc source and recompile the whole thing in order to get
RR> working ppp with a 2.1 kernel?

Just what problem are you having?

I just got 2.3.5 to compile with glibc, but I haven't had a chance to
test it yet..

Eric

Re: glibc and kernel update

[Stephen C. Tweedie]

Hi,

On Thu, 25 Jun 1998 15:58:12 +0200 (CEST), Rik van Riel
<H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl> said:

> Hi,
> I still haven't resolved the problems between glibc, the
> 2.1 kernel series and pppd :(

What problems?

--Stephen

Re: glibc and kernel update

[Eric W. Biederman]

>>>>> "EB" == Eric W Biederman <ebiederm> writes:

>>>>> "RR" == Rik van Riel <H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl> writes:
RR> Hi,
RR> I still haven't resolved the problems between glibc, the
RR> 2.1 kernel series and pppd :(

EB> Just what problem are you having?

EB> I just got 2.3.5 to compile with glibc, but I haven't had a chance to
EB> test it yet..

Just tested it on 2.0 but compiled with 2.1.101 headers, and glibc.
I don't see any problems.  Explain your problem or start writing code :)

Eric

Re: glibc and kernel update

[Rik van Riel]

On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Jun 1998 15:58:12 +0200 (CEST), Rik van Riel
> <H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl> said:
> 
> > I still haven't resolved the problems between glibc, the
> > 2.1 kernel series and pppd :(
> 
> What problems?

The glibc I have is compiled with a 2.0 kernel. I can
recompile pppd-2.3.5 as much as I like, but it refuses
to work with 2.1 kernels...

It says something like: "This kernel doesn't support ppp",
while that exact same kernel works perfectly with libc5
and the same pppd version :(

Rik.
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Re: glibc and kernel update

[Rik van Riel]

On 25 Jun 1998, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> RR> I still haven't resolved the problems between glibc, the
> RR> 2.1 kernel series and pppd :(
> 
> RR> Now I got a new idea: Since most of the kernel interfaces
> RR> go through glibc, does this mean that I have to get the
> RR> glibc source and recompile the whole thing in order to get
> RR> working ppp with a 2.1 kernel?
> 
> Just what problem are you having?

Pppd dies with "This kernel doesn't support PPP", while it
most certainly _does_. I traced it back to a socket operation
which isn't exported properly through glibc...

> I just got 2.3.5 to compile with glibc, but I haven't had a chance to
> test it yet..

It compiles perfectly. It just doesn't run ;(

Rik.
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Re: glibc and kernel update

[Eric W. Biederman]

>>>>> "RR" == Rik van Riel <H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl> writes:

RR> On 25 Jun 1998, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
RR> I still haven't resolved the problems between glibc, the
RR> 2.1 kernel series and pppd :(
>> 
RR> Now I got a new idea: Since most of the kernel interfaces
RR> go through glibc, does this mean that I have to get the
RR> glibc source and recompile the whole thing in order to get
RR> working ppp with a 2.1 kernel?
>> 
>> Just what problem are you having?

RR> Pppd dies with "This kernel doesn't support PPP", while it
RR> most certainly _does_. I traced it back to a socket operation
RR> which isn't exported properly through glibc...

>> I just got 2.3.5 to compile with glibc, but I haven't had a chance to
>> test it yet..

RR> It compiles perfectly. It just doesn't run ;(

I just did a second test.
pppd-2.3.5 with glibc-2.0.6 on kernel-2.1.101 (with a few patches)
pppd works here.

The only thing I can imagine is do your /usr/include/linux & /usr/include/asm
point to ``safe'' kernel headers or the real thing.  Mine point to the real thing.

Eric