> I have a 2.0.36 kernel (which works with 2.3.*) which is using dhcp...
>
> I'm getting a message
> modprobe can't find net-pf-17
> and dhcp fails...
>
> What is net-pf-17?
It's the packet protocol family (AF_PACKET/PF_PACKET). Check out all
the address/protocol family defintions in <socket.h>.
> Is there a table of what net-pf-xx means? (I know appletalk and ipx are 4 and
> 5).
> Can more meaningful messages be displayed (this is fundamentally a redhat 5.2
> system).
This is what modprobe is given by the kernel to locate the driver for
this protocol. Add this to your /etc/conf.modules:
alias net-pf-17 af_packet
And make sure you've configured CONFIG_PACKET as a module:
Drago
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