From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 12 13:20:54 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0323616A400; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:20:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bms@FreeBSD.org) Received: from out5.smtp.messagingengine.com (out5.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C627913C4B9; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:20:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bms@FreeBSD.org) Received: from out1.internal (unknown [10.202.2.149]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6E171F7C96; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:20:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by out1.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:20:53 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: Fc/TiznSOgSvhm+i/tPiH1GJn9aylV7uJFWktvc/AS/M 1173705653 Received: from [192.168.123.18] (82-35-112-254.cable.ubr07.dals.blueyonder.co.uk [82.35.112.254]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F5862292; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:20:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <45F553B2.6070508@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:20:50 +0000 From: "Bruce M. Simpson" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070125) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eygene Ryabinkin References: <45E9F1E8.2000802@inse.ru> <20070304160613.GN80319@codelabs.ru> <45EB4915.1090703@FreeBSD.org> <20070305145647.GT80319@codelabs.ru> <45EC3EFD.3000301@FreeBSD.org> <20070306073945.GR57456@codelabs.ru> <45ED900A.7050208@FreeBSD.org> <20070312092406.GJ58523@codelabs.ru> <45F51F2B.5020906@FreeBSD.org> <20070312112056.GC44732@comp.chem.msu.su> <20070312115632.GP58523@codelabs.ru> In-Reply-To: <20070312115632.GP58523@codelabs.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: rik@freebsd.org, andre@freebsd.org, Yar Tikhiy , thompsa@freebsd.org, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/109815: wrong interface identifier at pfil_hooks for vlans + if_bridge X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:20:54 -0000 Eygene Ryabinkin wrote: > This is a different point. The bridge wants to know about bridge > members MACs just because it should catch the packets that are > destined to the bridge members. It is the only way for an L2 thing > that is operating in the promiscious mode. > Correct. > For our case (when MACs are the same): I think that rik@ has explained > it rather good, so you should read his message once again. Perhaps, > we can talk about this off-list and in Russian, if you prefer. > The problem isn't going to go away. It will get bigger when 802.3ad trunking is introduced. Andrew Thompson is currently working on this code. It may also affect the 802.11 code in future, which as you know is layered around Ethernet. It would be good to have a well thought out architectural solution for this problem. Regards, BMS