On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 05:34:18PM -0700, Robert Bruce Carleton wrote:
> I'm having trouble creating a mpe interface on OpenBSD 4.7. What I've done so
> far is recompile the kernel with option MPLS. I've also enabled forwarding
> and mpls in the /etc/sysctl.conf. I've also been able to configure and start
> ldpd and use "ldpctl show" to display the status of ldpd. I used "config -e
> /bsd" to enable the mpe driver. I'm experimenting under Sun VirtualBox if
> that makes a difference.
>
> Going from mpe(4), I'm trying to run the command "ifconfig mpe0 create". It
> throws the error "SIOCIFCREATE: Invalid argument". The mpe(4) man page
> doesn't suggest any additional command line arguments.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
$ grep -n mpe GENERIC
105:#pseudo-device mpe # MPLS PE interface
^^^^^
Uncomment that in sys/conf/GENERIC and recompile your kernel,
if you haven't already done so.
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --Bruce
