Adding interfaces to bridge0

[Kimi Ostro]

On 10/04/07, Mario Lobo <mario.lobo at ipad.com.br> wrote:
> hello;
>
> This is the situation:
>
> Using FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE
>
> I have benn using qemu to roll a windows XP machine, using a bridge to
> interface tap0 and rl0 on the same network my efault route board (xl0) is.
>
> I was working great. A few days ago , I updated src/sys (kernel - because of
> a java issue), recompiled & installed. Yesterday I needed to rum XP. I
> started qemu and  windows started fine, the netword "hardware" came in fine
> but I had no connectivity ate all. I pinged out from windows but tcpdump
> would only report packets from tap0.
>
> I tried recompiling qemu/kqemu but no change.
>
> I closed qemu and tried to set up the bridge manually. That's when I found
> why:
>
> kldload if_bridge
>
> ifconfig bridge0 create
> OK
>
> ifconfig bridge0 addm rl0 addm tap0 up
>
> ifconfig: BRDGADD rl0: Invalid argument
> ifconfig: BRDGADD tap0: Invalid argument
>
> I have 3 network boards on my machine and this happens when I try to add any
> of them.
>
> Could this be due to kernel out-of-sync with userland?
> something else?
>

depends how out of sync? if more then a couple of days, you really
should keep both userland and kernel in sync as it mos likely the
problem.

> Thanks,
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HTH,
-- 
Kimi