From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 15 02:14:49 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC9A1106564A for ; Fri, 15 May 2009 02:14:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from qingli@speakeasy.net) Received: from mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 871FC8FC18 for ; Fri, 15 May 2009 02:14:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from qingli@speakeasy.net) Received: (qmail 539 invoked from network); 15 May 2009 02:14:49 -0000 Received: from dsl081-051-194.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO qm8nwm5acsx) ([64.81.51.194]) (envelope-sender ) by mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 15 May 2009 02:14:48 -0000 From: "Qing Li" To: "'George Neville-Neil'" , "'Qing Li'" Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 19:14:52 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 In-Reply-To: <9CCFD49C-C5B3-4C45-BA74-AC29CF1F0EDA@neville-neil.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 Thread-Index: AcnUo3e2wyY/NGUUT0iiy76ZD0rmIAAXvOkg Message-Id: <20090515021449.871FC8FC18@mx1.freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: svn commit: r192085 - head/sys/netinet X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 02:14:50 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: George Neville-Neil [mailto:gnn@neville-neil.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:36 AM > To: Qing Li > Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org; svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org; > svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: svn commit: r192085 - head/sys/netinet > > > On May 13, 2009, at 22:27 , Qing Li wrote: > > > Author: qingli > > Date: Thu May 14 05:27:09 2009 > > New Revision: 192085 > > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/192085 > > > > Log: > > Ignore the INADDR_ANY address inserted/deleted by DHCP when > > installing a loopback route to the interface address. > > > > > Can you give more detail as to the purpose of this change? > I'm a bit confused by it. Does this fix any of the recent > problems seen with DHCP and PXE or is this unrelated? > The DHCP client code adds a 0.0.0.0 address and then deletes it once the server assign the node a real IP. It's easily Observed by running dhclient followed by netstat. I had to take care of this DHCP related bits before, e.g., not creating an ARP entry for it. That's really it. Exactly which part is confusing you ? -- Qing