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| 0004844 | [buildroot] Architecture Specific | block | always | 09-08-08 11:05 | 11-05-08 02:33 | |||||||
| Reporter | Feynman | View Status | public | |||||||||
| Assigned To | buildroot | |||||||||||
| Priority | normal | Resolution | open | |||||||||
| Status | assigned | Product Version | ||||||||||
| Summary | 0004844: Bridge-utils broken under kernel 2.4 | |||||||||||
| Description |
Snapshot buildroot-20080905 The bridge-utils package compiles but the brctl command fails. The error message is: # brctl addbr br0 add bridge failed: Invalid argument I think this is a problem with the bridge-utils 1.4. The former version 1.06 works fine. My configuration is: 386, kernel 2.4, busybox 1.11.x The project is openMGB, a RDC based NAS with WAP. |
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| Attached Files |
 bridge-utils.patch [^] (2,851 bytes) 10-08-08 23:13 bridge-utils-new.patch [^] (1,922 bytes) 10-13-08 11:32 |
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(0011194) jacmet 09-08-08 11:26 |
I don't have access to any system with a 2.4 kernel anymore - Does it work if you change the version in bridge.mk back to v1.06? If so, please report the problem with bridge-utils upstream. |
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(0011214) hmoffatt 09-08-08 18:11 |
1.4 seems to use /sys/class/net which wouldn't exist on linux 2.4 |
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(0011224) jacmet 09-09-08 00:27 |
The README claims to only use sysfs stuff on 2.6 kernels, but I don't see any fallback code. Probably the README is just stale - The bridge-utils upsteam tarball seems pretty broken in general (no configure, configure.in using wrong version, stale README, ..) I don't have a problem with reverting to 1.06 if that fixes the bug reporter's issue. |
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(0011234) hmoffatt 09-09-08 06:15 |
Do we need to support 2.4? I don't think you can build it using buildroot? I would've expected a project that is using current buildroot and current busybox to also run a current kernel.. |
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(0011244) jacmet 09-09-08 08:39 |
I don't personally have any interest in 2.4, but if we can keep it working with small effort, then that's fine with me. |
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(0011254) Feynman 09-09-08 08:47 |
Ok. I've changed the version in the brdige.mk file to 1.0.6 but the autoreconf fails: [...] >>> bridge 1.0.6 Running autoreconf autoreconf: Entering directory `.' autoreconf: configure.in: not using Gettext autoreconf: running: aclocal -I /home/welzel/naswork/openMGB/build/buildroot/build_i386/staging_dir/usr/share/aclocal --force autoreconf: configure.in: tracing autoreconf: configure.in: not using Libtool autoreconf: running: /home/welzel/naswork/openMGB/build/buildroot/build_i386/staging_dir/usr/bin/autoconf --include=/home/welzel/naswork/openMGB/build/buildroot/build_i386/staging_dir/usr/share/aclocal --force autoreconf: running: /home/welzel/naswork/openMGB/build/buildroot/build_i386/staging_dir/usr/bin/autoheader --include=/home/welzel/naswork/openMGB/build/buildroot/build_i386/staging_dir/usr/share/aclocal --force autoheader: warning: missing template: HAVE_LIBSYSFS autoheader: Use AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBSYSFS], [], [Description]) autoreconf: /home/welzel/naswork/openMGB/build/buildroot/build_i386/staging_dir/usr/bin/autoheader failed with exit status: 1 make[1]: *** [/home/welzel/naswork/openMGB/build/buildroot/build_i386/bridge-1.0.6/.stamp_autoconfigured] Fehler 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/welzel/naswork/openMGB/build/buildroot' make: *** [toolchain] Fehler 2 It would be fine if buildroot supports kernel 2.4. It's right, you can't built the kernel 2.4 with buildroot but we can build it seperately. The project openMGB must use the kernel 2.4 because the WLAN driver for the Ralink chipset (RT2560) is not working properly for the kernel 2.6. Only the WLAN client is working. Not the access point driver (WLAN AP). So we must use the "old" kernel 2.4. I hope it is possible to support both version: the "old" 1.0.6 within the kernel 2.4 and the "new" version 2.4 within the kernel 2.6. Thanks in advance. |
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(0011264) jacmet 09-09-08 08:49 |
Please set BRIDGE_AUTORECONF to NO and try again |
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(0011274) hmoffatt 09-09-08 16:57 |
Recent busybox has brctl built in - maybe that will work on 2.4? Better than reverting bridge-utils to an old version. Although according to the changelog not a lot changed between 1.06 and 1.4 anyway (I'm not sure why the version number jumped so much) |
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(0011284) hmoffatt 09-09-08 17:01 |
According to the comments in busybox's brctl it doesn't use sysfs so it should work on 2.4 It only has the basic bridge control functionality though - no STP. I'm not sure if you'd be using STP in a wifi environment anyway |
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(0011424) Feynman 09-11-08 09:49 |
I've tried to use the build in brctl from busybox 1.12. See error message below: /usr/bin/make -j1 CC=/home/welzel/naswork/openMGB/build/buildroot/build_i386/staging_dir/usr/bin/i386-linux-uclibc-gcc CROSS_COMPILE="/home/welzel/naswork/openMGB/build/buildroot/build_i386/staging_dir/usr/bin/i386-linux-uclibc-" \ CROSS="/home/welzel/naswork/openMGB/build/buildroot/build_i386/staging_dir/usr/bin/i386-linux-uclibc-" PREFIX="/home/welzel/naswork/openMGB/build/buildroot/project_build_i386/openMGB/root" \ ARCH=i386 \ EXTRA_CFLAGS="-Os -I/home/welzel/naswork/openMGB/build/buildroot/build_i386/staging_dir/usr/include -I/home/welzel/naswork/openMGB/build/buildroot/build_i386/staging_dir/include -mtune=i386 -march=i386 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64" -C /home/welzel/naswork/openMGB/build/buildroot/project_build_i386/openMGB/busybox-1.12.0 make[2]: Entering directory `/home/welzel/naswork/openMGB/build/buildroot/project_build_i386/openMGB/busybox-1.12.0' CC networking/brctl.o networking/brctl.c: In function `brctl_main': networking/brctl.c:186: error: `SIOCBRADDBR' undeclared (first use in this function) networking/brctl.c:186: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once networking/brctl.c:186: error: for each function it appears in.) networking/brctl.c:186: error: `SIOCBRDELBR' undeclared (first use in this function) networking/brctl.c:202: error: `SIOCBRADDIF' undeclared (first use in this function) networking/brctl.c:202: error: `SIOCBRDELIF' undeclared (first use in this function) make[3]: *** [networking/brctl.o] Fehler 1 make[2]: *** [networking] Fehler 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/welzel/naswork/openMGB/build/buildroot/project_build_i386/openMGB/busybox-1.12.0' make[1]: *** [/home/welzel/naswork/openMGB/build/buildroot/project_build_i386/openMGB/busybox-1.12.0/busybox] Fehler 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/welzel/naswork/openMGB/build/buildroot' make: *** [toolchain] Fehler 2 Second try was to change the version to 1.0.6 and BRIDGE_AUTORECONF to NO. This works very well. If it is possible, please modify the config.in to decide which bridge-utils or made the decision on the used kernel. Thanks |
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(0011464) Feynman 09-13-08 05:19 |
@jacmet If possible add these two changes to the bridge-utils package: bridge.mk: ############################################################# # # bridge-utils - User Space Program For Controlling Bridging # ############################################################# # BR2_PACKAGE_BRIDGE_VERSION:=$(strip $(subst ",, $(BR2_PACKAGE_BRIDGE_VERSION))) BR2_PACKAGE_BRIDGE_AUTORECONF:=$(strip $(subst ",, $(BR2_PACKAGE_BRIDGE_AUTORECONF))) BRIDGE_VERSION:=$(BR2_PACKAGE_BRIDGE_VERSION) BRIDGE_SOURCE:=bridge-utils-$(BRIDGE_VERSION).tar.gz BRIDGE_SITE=http://$(BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR).dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/bridge/ [^] BRIDGE_AUTORECONF:=$(BR2_PACKAGE_BRIDGE_AUTORECONF) BRIDGE_INSTALL_STAGING:=NO BRIDGE_INSTALL_TARGET:=YES BRIDGE_INSTALL_TARGET_OPT:=DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) install BRIDGE_CONF_OPT:=--with-linux-headers=$(LINUX_HEADERS_DIR) $(DISABLE_NLS) BRIDGE_DEPENDENCIES:=uclibc $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,bridge)) # bridge has no install-strip target $(BRIDGE_HOOK_POST_INSTALL): $(BRIDGE_TARGET_INSTALL_TARGET) $(STRIPCMD) $(STRIP_STRIP_ALL) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/brctl touch $@ # bridge has no uninstall target $(BUILD_DIR)/bridge-$(BRIDGE_VERSION)/.stamp_uninstalled: $(call MESSAGE,"Uninstalling") rm -f $(addprefix $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/,lib/libbridge.a \ include/libbridge.h man/man8/brctl.8 sbin/brctl) rm -f $(@D)/.stamp_target_installed Config.in: config BR2_PACKAGE_BRIDGE bool "bridge-utils" help Manage ethernet bridging; a way to connect networks together to form a larger network. http://bridge.sourceforge.net/ [^] choice prompt "bridge-utils version" default BR2_PACKAGE_BRIDGE_KERNEL26 depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BRIDGE help Selects the bridge-util version. 1.0.6 is required for kernel 2.4. config BR2_PACKAGE_BRIDGE_KERNEL24 bool "1.0.6" config BR2_PACKAGE_BRIDGE_KERNEL26 bool "1.4" endchoice config BR2_PACKAGE_BRIDGE_VERSION string default "1.4" if BR2_PACKAGE_BRIDGE_KERNEL26 default "1.0.6" if BR2_PACKAGE_BRIDGE_KERNEL24 config BR2_PACKAGE_BRIDGE_AUTORECONF string default "YES" if BR2_PACKAGE_BRIDGE_KERNEL26 default "NO" if BR2_PACKAGE_BRIDGE_KERNEL24 |
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(0012934) Feynman 10-07-08 00:20 |
Hi, this problem still remains. Can anyone fix this? Maybe with the above bridge.mk and .Config files. Ohter solutions are also welcome. Please help. Regards, Christian |
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(0012974) hmoffatt 10-07-08 01:43 |
Can you please send diffs rather than replacement files? |
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(0013154) Feynman 10-08-08 23:13 edited on: 10-08-08 23:14 |
Hi, here is the patch-file (see above). Christian |
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(0013494) Feynman 10-13-08 11:32 |
Hi, here is a new corrected patch for the bridge-utils for kernel 2.4 series. Christian |
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(0015184) Feynman 11-05-08 02:33 |
Hi all, is there a problem to apply my patch? Please let me know, if you need additional informations. Regards |
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Issue History |
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| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
| 09-08-08 11:05 | Feynman | New Issue | |
| 09-08-08 11:05 | Feynman | Status | new => assigned |
| 09-08-08 11:05 | Feynman | Assigned To | => buildroot |
| 09-08-08 11:26 | jacmet | Note Added: 0011194 | |
| 09-08-08 18:11 | hmoffatt | Note Added: 0011214 | |
| 09-09-08 00:27 | jacmet | Note Added: 0011224 | |
| 09-09-08 06:15 | hmoffatt | Note Added: 0011234 | |
| 09-09-08 08:39 | jacmet | Note Added: 0011244 | |
| 09-09-08 08:47 | Feynman | Note Added: 0011254 | |
| 09-09-08 08:49 | jacmet | Note Added: 0011264 | |
| 09-09-08 16:57 | hmoffatt | Note Added: 0011274 | |
| 09-09-08 17:01 | hmoffatt | Note Added: 0011284 | |
| 09-11-08 09:49 | Feynman | Note Added: 0011424 | |
| 09-13-08 05:19 | Feynman | Note Added: 0011464 | |
| 10-07-08 00:20 | Feynman | Note Added: 0012934 | |
| 10-07-08 01:43 | hmoffatt | Note Added: 0012974 | |
| 10-08-08 23:13 | Feynman | Note Added: 0013154 | |
| 10-08-08 23:13 | Feynman | File Added: bridge-utils.patch | |
| 10-08-08 23:14 | Feynman | Note Edited: 0013154 | |
| 10-13-08 11:32 | Feynman | File Added: bridge-utils-new.patch | |
| 10-13-08 11:32 | Feynman | Note Added: 0013494 | |
| 11-05-08 02:33 | Feynman | Note Added: 0015184 | |
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