conf/97301: inifinite loop on boot when network_interfaces set to nonexistent interface

Christopher Nelson nadiasvertex at gmail.com
Mon May 15 14:20:25 UTC 2006


>Number:         97301
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       inifinite loop on boot when network_interfaces set to nonexistent interface
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon May 15 14:20:21 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Christopher Nelson
>Release:        6.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD titan.neptune.home 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May  7 04:42:56 UTC 2006     root at opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP  i386

>Description:
If you set network_interfaces in rc.conf to a nonexistent interface, the initialization code loops infinitely, posting an error message to the console.

boot is stalled and you have to restart in single-user mode, mount the fs r/w and fix the definition to go anywhere.
>How-To-Repeat:
edit rc.conf.  add the line:

network_interfaces="bfe0,ndis0"
>Fix:

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