Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:27:46 GMT From: Shawn Webb <shwebb@wayfair.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/167006: epair Device Does Not Support Span Message-ID: <201204161727.q3GHRk3D099828@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201204161730.q3GHU2Ym096465@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 167006 >Category: kern >Synopsis: epair Device Does Not Support Span >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Apr 16 17:30:01 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Shawn Webb >Release: FreeBSD 9-STABLE >Organization: Wayfair LLC >Environment: FreeBSD fbsd-sec 9.0-STABLE FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE #8 r234294+e3d9fa1: Mon Apr 16 10:15:20 MDT 2012 shawn@fbsd-sec:/usr/obj/src/sys/SEC amd64 >Description: The epair(4) device does not support being set as a span device in a bridge. ifconfig reports "ifconfig: BRDGADDS epair0a: Device busy" error when trying to set up the device as a span port. >How-To-Repeat: As root: ifconfig bridge0 create ifconfig bridge0 up ifconfig epair0 create ifconfig bridge0 addm epair0a ifconfig epair0a up ifconfig bridge0 span epair0a # <- You will get an error here: "ifconfig: BRDGADDS epair0a: Device busy" >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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