busybox zcip problems

[David Daney]

Rohit Chaudhri wrote:
> Hi,
> I am using busybox version 1.4.1 on an embedded linux system running
> kernel version 2.4.20. I need to use zeroconf for configuring ip
> addresses on the network interfaces. Busybox version 1.4.1 compiled
> for an ubuntu linux desktop works fine for zeroconf, however, when I
> use the zcip applet included in busybox on my embedded linux device
> (zcip.script is the same script included in the busybox distro under
> examples) for zeroconf address configuration, I get the following
> error for all the available network interfaces:
>  (bnep0 interface below is a bluetooth PAN network interface, usb0 is
> a usblan interface)
> # zcip -v bnep0 zcip.script
> zcip: socket: Address family not supported by protocol
> # zcip -v lo zcip.script
> zcip: socket: Address family not supported by protocol
> # zcip -v usb0 zcip.script
> zcip: socket: Address family not supported by protocol
> 
> Any ideas why this is happening & how I could resolve this issue?
> 
At a minimum you need to enable the 'Packet socket' support in your kernel.

David Daney