From owner-cvs-all Sat Jan 6 10: 3: 0 2001 From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 6 10:02:56 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from tsunami.waterspout.com (tsunami.waterspout.com [208.13.56.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ADBF37B400; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 10:02:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from dustdevil.waterspout.com (tsunami.fw.waterspout.com [208.13.60.34]) by tsunami.waterspout.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA94230; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 13:02:52 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from csg@dustdevil.waterspout.com) Received: (from csg@localhost) by dustdevil.waterspout.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f06I1ae04659; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 13:01:36 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from csg) Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 13:01:04 -0500 From: "C. Stephen Gunn" To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet if_ether.c Message-ID: <20010106130104.A4573@waterspout.com> References: <200101060045.f060j9R06683@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200101060045.f060j9R06683@freefall.freebsd.org>; from alfred@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 04:45:08PM -0800 Sender: csg@dustdevil.waterspout.com Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 04:45:08PM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > alfred 2001/01/05 16:45:08 PST > > Modified files: > sys/netinet if_ether.c > Log: > provide a sysctl 'net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_wrong_iface' to allow one > to supress logging when ARP replies arrive on the wrong interface: > "/kernel: arp: 1.2.3.4 is on dc0 but got reply from 00:00:c5:79:d0:0c > on dc1" > > the default is to log just to give notice about possibly incorrectly > configured networks. ``ether.inet.'' is a poor name for this option. ARP is completely independant of both Ethernet and and Internet Protocol. ARP provides an abstract protocol to translate layer-3 protocol addresses to layer-2 media addresses using broadcast traffic. One of the major problem's with FreeBSD's implementation is that it only works with ethernet devices, and only for IP. - Steve -- C. Stephen Gunn | Waterspout Communications, Inc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message