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Date:      Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:18:21 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        jacques brierre <jbrierre@bellsouth.net>
Cc:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: problem with sparc64 networking/qfe port config.
Message-ID:  <20050329211656.N59551@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <424998E0.5030605@bellsouth.net>
References:  <424998E0.5030605@bellsouth.net>

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On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, jacques brierre wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am having some problems and am not sure if I understand what's going on.
> Had network configuration problem with 5.3 release on Sparc Ultra 2. It has
> on-board hme, and qfe card. Was not able to use qfe ports... kept getting
> ipv6 duplicate address errors (i only use ipv4, mind you).

Then compile a new kernel without INET6.  The error only affects ipv6
anyway; the ipv4 address is still set.

> I just installed (from scratch) 5.4 release. and i seem to have the same
> problem, only this time it starts when i config the first hme network port.
>
> Any ideas?

Have you checked to see if the same mac address appears elsewhere on the
network? Rare, but possible :)

> I'd really like to be able to use the other (qfe) network ports.

hme0 is the builtin; hme1-4 are the qfe board.

>
> Any ideas appreciated.
>
> thanks.
> -jacques brierre.
>
>
> sphynx# uname -a
> FreeBSD sphynx.homeunix.net 5.4-BETA1 FreeBSD 5.4-BETA1 #0: Fri Mar 18
> 20:22:13
> UTC 2005     root@binkley.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
> sparc64
> sphynx#
>
>
> I am NOT using ipv6 and there is my problem again!
>
> # ifconfig hme0 inet 172.16.1.110 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
> # ifMar 28 23:37:56  kernel: hme0: DAD detected duplicate IPv6 address
> fe80:0001::0a00:20ff:fe85:7364: NS in/out=1/1, NA in=0
> Mar 28 23:37:56  kernel: hme0: DAD complete for
> fe80:0001::0a00:20ff:fe85:7364 -
>  duplicate found
> Mar 28 23:37:56  kernel: hme0: manual intervention required
>
> # ifconfig -a
> hme0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         options=b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU>
>         inet6 fe80::a00:20ff:fe85:7364%hme0 prefixlen 64 duplicated
> scopeid 0x1
>         inet 172.16.1.110 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.1.255
>         ether 08:00:20:85:73:64
>         media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT/UTP)
>         status: active
> hme1: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         options=b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU>
>         ether 08:00:20:b4:06:ec
>         media: Ethernet autoselect
> hme2: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         options=b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU>
>         ether 08:00:20:b4:06:ed
>         media: Ethernet autoselect
> hme3: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         options=b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU>
>         ether 08:00:20:b4:06:ee
>         media: Ethernet autoselect
> hme4: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         options=b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU>
>         ether 08:00:20:b4:06:ef
>         media: Ethernet autoselect
> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
>         inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
>         inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
>         inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
> #
>
> =======
> after configuring hme0 and reboot
> =======
>
> sphynx# ifconfig
> hme0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         options=b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU>
>         inet 172.16.1.110 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.1.255
>         inet6 fe80::a00:20ff:fe85:7364%hme0 prefixlen 64 duplicated
> scopeid 0x1
>         ether 08:00:20:85:73:64
>         media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT/UTP)
>         status: active
> hme1: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         options=b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU>
>         ether 08:00:20:b4:06:ec
>         media: Ethernet autoselect
> hme2: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         options=b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU>
>         ether 08:00:20:b4:06:ed
>         media: Ethernet autoselect
> hme3: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         options=b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU>
>         ether 08:00:20:b4:06:ee
>         media: Ethernet autoselect
> hme4: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         options=b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU>
>         ether 08:00:20:b4:06:ef
>         media: Ethernet autoselect
> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
>         inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
>         inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
>         inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
> sphynx#
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