This patch is needed at least on kirkwood. Otherwise DNS-lookups will fail, since GLRO(dl_pagesize) is zero. Solution taken from this resource: http://www.mail-archive.com/pld-cvs-commit@lists.pld-linux.org/msg228455.html --- glibc-2.12.1/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getpagesize.c.orig 2011-02-28 03:41:47.870001678 +0100 +++ glibc-2.12.1/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getpagesize.c 2011-02-28 03:42:16.712993932 +0100 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ int __getpagesize () { -#ifdef __ASSUME_AT_PAGESIZE +#if 0 assert (GLRO(dl_pagesize) != 0); return GLRO(dl_pagesize); #else