Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 09:27:01 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Samuel S Thomas <sthomas@lart.net> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/7191: FreeBSD 2.2.6 generates Source-route prohibited when not routing Message-ID: <199807071627.JAA26661@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 07 Jul 1998 16:23:24 -0000." <19980707162324.A13902@lart.net>
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>have patched, compile should only take 3 or 4 days ;-) (486sx33 >laptop...yawn) will test this at work, also...have a few FreeBSD boxes Don't bother. It doesn't work correctly. The code thinks that the packet is local and ends up generating a ICMP port-unreachable...which is quite bogus. I think I know what is wrong, but the fix is ugly. >lying about that I can play with. btw, after scrolling through the >if_ep.c code again with my bloodshot eyes, it does appear that it may be >setting the card up as promiscuous for multicast. is there a way to >disable multicast to test that theory? (only handbook/faq info I could >find cheerfully states that it's enabled by default) There should be a device flag to enable all multicasts; it should not be necessary to set promiscuous mode. >p.s. (what's with the change in buf[] definition? trying to spare the >extra cycles? ;-) Code readability. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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