Hi,
 
 I will ask the isc-server mailing list about your proposed patch. thanks anyway.
 
 Regards,
 
 Cyrille Lefevre.
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 ----- Original Message ----- 
 From: "Stefan `Sec` Zehl" <sec@42.org>
 To: <FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org>
 Cc: <cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net>
 Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 11:46 AM
 Subject: isc-dhcp3 port broken with lots of interfaces.
 
 
 >
 > >Submitter-Id: current-users
 > >Originator: Stefan `Sec` Zehl
 > >Organization:
 > >Confidential: no
 > >Synopsis: isc-dhcp3 port broken with lots of interfaces.
 > >Severity: non-critical
 > >Priority: medium
 > >Category: ports
 > >Class: sw-bug
 > >Release: FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE i386
 > >Environment:
 > System: FreeBSD ice 4.9-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE #6: Sun Sep 28
 14:48:37 CEST 2003 root@ice:/export/obj/export/src/sys/ICE i386
 >
 > isc-dhcp3-3.0.1.r12 ISC Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol client and server
 c
 >
 > >Description:
 >
 >
 > When I upgraded my isc-dhcp3 port it stopped recognising my wi0 interface:
 >
 > Oct 11 03:48:13 ice dhcpd: wi0: not found
 >
 > and refused to start.
 >
 >
 > After some googling I found this problem mentioned somewhere else. It
 > happens because some buffer in dhcpd is too small to hold lots of
 > interfaces, and I happen to have a lot:
 >
 > ice:~>ifconfig -l
 > fxp0 lp0 stf0 ipr0 ipr1 ipr2 ipr3 faith0 isp0 isp1 isp2 isp3 lo0 ppp0 ppp1
 gif0 gif1 gif2 gif3 wi0
 >
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 >
 > >Fix:
 >
 > A workaround is to increase the relevant buffer. Patch attached.
 >
 > --- common/discover.c.org Fri Jul 25 21:44:15 2003
 > +++ common/discover.c Mon Oct 13 00:13:17 2003
 > @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 >  {
 >   struct interface_info *tmp, *ip;
 >   struct interface_info *last, *next;
 > - char buf [2048];
 > + char buf [20480];
 >   struct ifconf ic;
 >   struct ifreq ifr;
 >   int i;