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Date:      Fri, 5 Feb 2010 15:26:46 +0100
From:      =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ermal_Lu=E7i?= <eri@freebsd.org>
To:        FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Cc:        jfvogel@gmail.com, jfb@mr-happy.com
Subject:   Re: kern/141646: [em] em(4) + lagg(4) + vlan(4) generates ISL-tagged frames instead of 802.1q-tagged frames
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On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:47 PM, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> wrote:

> What's with the encrypted messages entered in this bug suddenly?
>
> An important update - I have root caused this. Turns out its kinda
> interesting.
> The reason there is a problem is due to the stacked pseudo devices, since
> the vlan device is on lagg, and not directly on em, the em driver is not
> getting
> the "event" of the vlan attachment, and thus the vlan hw filter routine is
> never
> run, that routine sets a CRITICAL bit in the control register which
> differentiates
> between ISL and 802 tags... and thus our failure :(
>
> The question now is what to do about this, I am thinking about this now....
>
>
Anybody interested can please try the patch at this location
http://tinyurl.com/yk7qbtb.
It is against 8-STABLE though should apply even to 8-RELEASE.

Regards,
-- 
Ermal



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