5.3 + dhclient: bpf needed in kernel config?

[Brooks Davis]

On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 07:57:16PM +0900, Rob wrote:
> 
> I have left out bpf in the kernel config and
> all of a sudden dhclient (for DHCP) exits with an
> error message, complaining that bpf is not there?
> 
> Since when (and why) is bpf needed by /sbin/dhclient?

bpf has always been required to run dhclient.  We'd love to see that
requirement go away, but we need to modify he network stack to allow
programs to bind to an interface with a 0.0.0.0 address and no one has
done so yet.

-- Brooks

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