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Date:      Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:52:58 +0900
From:      YongHyeon PYUN <pyunyh@gmail.com>
To:        Alban Hertroys <haramrae@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: fxp0 interface going up/down/up/down (dhclient related?)
Message-ID:  <20130610005258.GB3771@michelle.cdnetworks.com>
In-Reply-To: <55C24F26-5BE2-4621-A79A-AA83900A5903@gmail.com>
References:  <EBA9A2E3-3323-4069-9E58-ED4C431FDE4E@gmail.com> <20130609114503.GB1922@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <55C24F26-5BE2-4621-A79A-AA83900A5903@gmail.com>

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On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 03:39:45PM +0200, Alban Hertroys wrote:
> On Jun 9, 2013, at 13:45, YongHyeon PYUN <pyunyh@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 12:21:37PM +0200, Alban Hertroys wrote:
> >> I'm having an issue where my fxp0 interface keeps looping between DOWN/UP, with dhclient requesting a lease each time in between. I think it's caused by dhclient:
> >> 
> >> solfertje # dhclient -d fxp0
> >> DHCPREQUEST on fxp0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> >> send_packet: Network is down
> >> DHCPREQUEST on fxp0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> >> DHCPACK from 109.72.40.1
> >> bound to 141.105.10.89 -- renewal in 7200 seconds.
> >> fxp0 link state up -> down
> >> fxp0 link state down -> up
> >> DHCPREQUEST on fxp0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> >> DHCPACK from 109.72.40.1
> >> bound to 141.105.10.89 -- renewal in 7200 seconds.
> >> fxp0 link state up -> down
> >> fxp0 link state down -> up
> >> DHCPREQUEST on fxp0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> >> DHCPACK from 109.72.40.1
> >> bound to 141.105.10.89 -- renewal in 7200 seconds.
> >> fxp0 link state up -> down
> >> fxp0 link state down -> up
> >> DHCPREQUEST on fxp0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> >> DHCPACK from 109.72.40.1
> >> bound to 141.105.10.89 -- renewal in 7200 seconds.
> >> fxp0 link state up -> down
> >> fxp0 link state down -> up
> >> DHCPREQUEST on fxp0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> >> DHCPACK from 109.72.40.1
> >> bound to 141.105.10.89 -- renewal in 7200 seconds.
> >> fxp0 link state up -> down
> >> ^C
> >> 
> >> In above test I turned off devd (/etc/rc.d/devd stop) and background dhclient (/etc/rc.d/dhclient stop fxp0), and I still go the above result. There's practically no time spent between up/down cycles, this just keeps going on and on.
> >> fxp0 is the only interface that runs on DHCP. The others have static IP's.
> >> 
> > 
> > Try attached patch and let me know whether it also works for you.
> > <fxp.init.diff>
> 
> 
> I'm now running with this patch and the symptoms seem to have gone away. Thanks!
> 
> Is there anything I should be aware of with this patch or anything you'd like to know about how it runs?

No, I already tested the patch and will commit today.



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