Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 23:13:19 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Have I left something out? Message-ID: <3555376F.7FBAA205@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980507000100.28178B-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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Julian Elischer wrote:
>
> On Thu, 7 May 1998, Joao Carlos Mendes Luis wrote:
>
> > #define quoting(Richard Wackerbarth)
> > // However on the machine which has the point of failure, even though the
> > // interface is marked "down", it still insists that that is THE route to
> > // any machines which would be on that net.
>
> This is a known bug and there are fixes for it floating around
> but none are really 'correct'
>
"The Right Way" to fix it is with a function that walks the route table
and deletes all the routes whose ifp points to the ifnet being detached.
I haven't had time to poke into the FreeBSD sources yet. If nobody else
gets this, I'll look into it as soon as I get my plate cleared at work
a bit.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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