Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Thu, 1 May 2003 18:31:15 -0700 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: [BUG 2.5.67 (and probably earlier)] /proc/dev/net doesnt show all net device |
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On Thu, 1 May 2003 20:16:00 -0400 Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> wrote:
| Randy Dunlap wrote: | | > The reason that I say that is that I can reproduce this problem on | > 2.5.68, but only in an xterm or similar window, but when I switch back | > to a console, the entire device list is displayed. | | There are strange bugs in the console layer and/or the VGA text console. | Choosing 34-line text mode results in a 30-line screen that the system | thinks has 34, with four 'hidden' lines at the bottom (on PCI TNT adapter.) | Maybe a similar thing is happening in X?
I don't think it's quite as deep down as all that. I built cat.c with some additional debugging fprintf()s in it. When I run it from the text console, it tells me that the variable <outsize> is 4096 (derived from #define ST_BLKSIZE(statbuf) <about 4 different #defines>.
However, when run from an X terminal window, it tells me that outsize is 1024.
I don't have time right now to dig into the 4 #defines for ST_BLKSIZE to see where the problem is.
Anyway, it looks as though the kernel read function for /proc/net/dev is filling up cat's buffer and just stopping, which seems OK to me. Looks like a cat bug IMO, but I haven't finished looking at it.
| And BTW I found a way to get lots of network devices: | | 1. Load the gre tunneling driver (GRE tunnels over IP) | 2. ip tunnel add gre1 mode gre remote 127.1.1.1 local 127.0.0.1 dev lo | 3. Repeat for as many as you like... I can't make the kernel | send packets through them but they show up on the list.
OK. Loading dummy driver multiple times is OK for this.
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