traffic, rpc.etherd, and nit open: problem
Astw
astw at cs.umd.edu
Fri Aug 10 04:43:01 AEST 1990
In article <1990Aug9.021945.6548 at rice.edu> I wrote:
>
>I'm trying to use "traffic" on my SS1+ running SUNOS 4.1. When, as root,
>I type "rpc.etherd le0" I get "nit open: No such device" I did a "netstat
>-i" to get the interface, le0. I presume that an "open( "/dev/nit", )"
>is occuring. Yes/No? There is a /dev/nit by the way. What's wrong? If
>it is the proper etiquette for this newsgroup, email and I will summarize.
The solution to my problem is: NIT support was not configured into the
kernel -- the default for clients. In retrospect, of course, the the
cause seems obvious. It never occurred to me that there'd be a fs entry
without appropriate kernel support configured. Talk about naive! Anyway,
the solution is to cd to the germane /sys/sun??/conf directory and make
sure that the following lines are included in the configuration file you
wish to use:
pseudo-device snit # streams NIT
pseudo-device pf # packet filter
pseudo-device nbuf # NIT buffering module
pseudo-device clone
Next, run config and then remake the kernel etc. Thanks to those who
responded and so nicely, too.
Bill
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