FreeBSD / TinyBSD hostapd 0.4.8 core dump / Segmentation fault

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Jean, Sam & all on list,

I was able to upgrade tinybsd to 0.8 by cvsup on my FreeBSD 6.0-REL host.

This time I installed hostapd 0.4.8 by enabling it in tinybsd.basefiles 
by listing hostapd and hostapd_cli in usr/sbin/* file list.

Compilation of tinybsd 0.8 with hostapd 0.4.8 went without probs.

hostapd 0.4.8 ran with a madwifi.conf file that I found somewhere on the 
host, but there was none copied during Tinybsd installation on the 
target.  It may be an idea for future to place a copy of madwifi.conf on 
the target when hostapd is installed (either by ports or by enabling in 
tinybsd.basefiles).

At this point I have successfully got WPA-PSK tested - everything looks 
great.  Next step is to get WPA-EAP with bridging (ath0 + sis0) working.

Thanks for all the help

Jonas



Jean Milanez Melo wrote:
> Sam Leffler wrote:
>> Jonas wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I'm trying to get hostapd 0.4.8 on TinyBSD with the goal of building 
>>> a WPA capable FreeBSD access point.  Here's how I went about it:
>>>
>>> Host:    FreeBSD 6.0-REL
>>> Target:    Soekris net-4801 / 512MB C-Flash
>>>     Atheros CM9 miniPCI
>>>
>>> TinyBSD works great, I even got Perl installed on it from ports, by 
>>> mounting the target CF at /mnt of host.
>>>
>>> However, installing hostapd 0.4.8 (after cvsup) using the same 
>>> method, I noticed that the target binaries were not being installed 
>>> in the /mnt mount partition of the target.  The command I used for 
>>> installing the hostapd 0.4.8 port was:
>>>
>>>  make install PREFIX=/mnt/usr/local FORCE_PKG_REGISTER=yes
>>>
>>> The make went ok, but the hostapd and hostapd_cli binaries were not 
>>> installed anywhere on /mnt, rather at /usr/local of the host.
>>>
>>> Hoping that the TinyBSD and host FreeBSD 6.0-REL environments were 
>>> similar enough I copied hostapd, hostapd_cli over to /mnt/usr/local 
>>> and proceeded to boot the CF.
>>>
>>> Nah - running hostapd with a sample madwifi.conf file started to 
>>> core-dump.
>>>
>>> Though not familiar with gdb, I got the following output when I ran 
>>> it across the hostapd binary at /usr/local and core-dump:
>>>
>>> ----
>>> root at fbsd6# gdb /usr/local/bin/hostapd hostapd.core
>>> GNU gdb 6.1.1 [FreeBSD]
>>> /*... only some licensing gibberish..*/
>>> This GDB was configured as "i386-marcel-freebsd"...(no debugging 
>>> symbols found)...
>>> Core was generated by `hostapd'.
>>> Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
>>> Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...(no debugging symbols 
>>> found)...done.
>>> Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.6
>>> Reading symbols from /libexec/ld-elf.so.1...(no debugging symbols 
>>> found)...done.
>>> Loaded symbols for /libexec/ld-elf.so.1
>>> #0  0x08049b34 in driver_lookup ()
>>> (gdb)
>>> ----
>>>
>>> The host FreeBSD 6.0 machine doesn't have an ath* interface.
>>>
>>> I guess it was wrong to copy the hostapd, hostapd_cli binaries over, 
>>> but how can I get the 0.4.8 port to install directly into the PREFIX 
>>> /mnt directory?  Am I doing anything else wrong?
>>
>>
>> I know nothing about TinyBSD. FreeBSD 6.0 should include hostapd and 
>> hostapd_cli.  Regardless 6.1 is nearly released; you're better off 
>> working with the release candidate.
>>
>> BTW, not sure why you posted to hostap@; this seems like a freebsd or 
>> TinyBSD install issue.  Probably better posting to a freebsd mailing 
>> list.
>>
>>     Sam
> 
> Hi Sam,
> 
> That's right. It's a TinyBSD issue, i already answered Jonas about it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jean

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