Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 19:40:52 +0200 From: "Patrick M. Hausen" <pmh@hausen.com> To: void <void@f-m.fm> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: epair(4) Message-ID: <8DCF0DAB-5EE5-4FEF-8CCC-1D7AF971BA8C@hausen.com> In-Reply-To: <aC5sfOtgG79EwIUZ@int21h> References: <20250515162552.9209B20E@slippy.cwsent.com> <20250515185919.87008219@slippy.cwsent.com> <45d0f49d-229b-46b4-af95-6e8c4c856661@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl> <aCeXdxeeWQs_Sz77@ragweed.eden.le-fay.org> <932111f8-f5ca-46d1-9f66-983f80f6116b@protected-networks.net> <aCeeSQY-fMH7l3XS@ragweed.eden.le-fay.org> <aC5sfOtgG79EwIUZ@int21h>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hi all, > Am 22.05.2025 um 02:14 schrieb void <void@f-m.fm>: > > On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 09:21:29PM +0100, Lexi Winter wrote: > >> i am not sure about this. i admit i have not done a survey :-) however, >> i believe most people using jails or bhyve are not affected. the >> Handbook is clear about the correct way to configure this[0], so people >> who followed the handbook to configure their jails or bhyve VMs should >> not run into this problem. > > Your belief that most people using bhyve and jails would be unaffected > is, I think, misplaced. The handbook has only been clear about > the "correct way to configure" this since around the middle of last year [1] > [...] The handbook has always been clear about the only correct way to configure a bridge and member interfaces since the introduction of if_bridge(4) and the removal of the previous bridge(4) in 2007: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/doc/head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml?revision=30565&view=markup If the bridge host needs an IP address then the correct place to set this is on the bridge interface itself rather than one of the member interfaces. This can be set statically or via DHCP. Kind regards, Patrick [-- Attachment #2 --] <html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hi all,<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Am 22.05.2025 um 02:14 schrieb void <void@f-m.fm>:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div>On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 09:21:29PM +0100, Lexi Winter wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">i am not sure about this. i admit i have not done a survey :-) however,<br>i believe most people using jails or bhyve are not affected. the<br>Handbook is clear about the correct way to configure this[0], so people<br>who followed the handbook to configure their jails or bhyve VMs should<br>not run into this problem.<br></blockquote><br>Your belief that most people using bhyve and jails would be unaffected<br>is, I think, misplaced. The handbook has only been clear about<br>the "correct way to configure" this since around the middle of last year [1]</div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>[...]<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>The handbook has always been clear about the only correct way to configure</div><div>a bridge and member interfaces since the introduction of if_bridge(4) and the</div><div>removal of the previous bridge(4) in 2007:</div><div><br></div><div></div><div><a href="https://svnweb.freebsd.org/doc/head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml?revision=30565&view=markup">https://svnweb.freebsd.org/doc/head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml?revision=30565&view=markup</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>If the bridge host needs an IP address then the correct</div><div> place to set this is on the bridge interface itself rather</div><div> than one of the member interfaces. This can be set statically</div><div> or via DHCP.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Patrick</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>help
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