ifconfig freezes in 2.4.5

Hi,

When I compiled and booted 2.4.5, the machine got stuck in

ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1

(SysRq still worked, ^C did not seem to).
I tried to strace it. Last thing strace managed to write was:

ioctl(4, 0x8914

(no comma, not including the trird argument). I tried to switch of some compile-time parameters I changed from 2.4.4, but problem persisted. After reversing 2.4.5 patch and recompiling the kernel (using exactly the same config), the problem dispaeared.

I include the .config used. I'll try to gen any aother information you might consider some use, but currently have no idea what it might be.

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Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <[email protected]>