thanks for tracking this problem -- it also explains
why i did not see it in my environment, as i have a mostly 4.2-R
system with new code in net/ and netinet/
cheers
luigi
> Hi,
>
> I found the problem!
>
> I started searching for the point where ipfw writes to the msgbuf, and
> like all other kernel modules, it uses the log(9) function. But differently
> from the other modules, ip_fw.c uses a LOG_SECURITY argument. I removed it,
> recompiled, reboot, and BINGO! Probably the log(9) function does not expect a
> facility parameter, as it is assumed to be LOG_KERNEL.
>
> Searching the cvsweb tree, I assume the changes that made it fail were
> made to kern/subr_prf.c, and not directly to netinet/ip_fw.c. Probably a
> longer search should be made to detect if any other call to log(9) uses this
> approach. (CC: to phk, who made the change to kern/subr_prf.c, 1.61.2.1, at
> 2000.01.16)
>
> Hoping this is the final solution and waiting for the cvs commit, thanks
> to everybody,
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