From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 15 13:55:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B936B16A4CE for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:55:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from bombadil.mebtel.net (bombadil.mebtel.net [64.40.67.44]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08B0E43D1D for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:55:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dlt@mebtel.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bombadil.mebtel.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E6A52086C1; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:55:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from bombadil.mebtel.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bombadil [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 24030-04; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:55:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from lapdog.arm.org (66-79-79-164.dsl.mebtel.net [66.79.79.164]) by bombadil.mebtel.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EB2E2086BF; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:55:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from lapdog.arm.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lapdog.arm.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hBFLqxgG025579; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:52:59 -0500 Received: (from dlt@localhost) by lapdog.arm.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hBFLqwhJ025577; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:52:58 -0500 Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:52:58 -0500 From: Derek Tattersall To: Wilko Bulte Message-ID: <20031215215258.GA25570@mebtel.net> References: <20031213122314.GV13101@mindwipe.org> <20031214001656.GA12744@mebtel.net> <20031215181016.GN55744@robson.dyaptive.com> <20031215190652.GA13373@freebie.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031215190652.GA13373@freebie.xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mebtel.net cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sk0 and dhclient X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: dlt@mebtel.net List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 21:55:20 -0000 * Wilko Bulte (wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) [031215 16:48]: > Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 20:06:52 +0100 > From: Wilko Bulte > To: Hugh Brown > Message-ID: <20031215190652.GA13373@freebie.xs4all.nl> > User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i > Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org > Cc: Marcus Larsson > Subject: Re: sk0 and dhclient > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 10:10:20AM -0800, Hugh Brown wrote: > > Derek Tattersall wrote: > > > * Marcus Larsson (kore@mindwipe.org) [031213 19:04]: > > > > I have a 3com 940 ethernet card and I have ifconfig_sk0="DHCP" > > > > in my rc.conf. When I boot my machine it hangs on dhclient but > > > > after a certain amount of time dhclient gives up and the boot > > > > process continues. When I login and run 'dhclient sk0' it > > > > works without any hazzle but I can't get an IP addy during > > > > bootup. Now is anyone else experiencing this? > > > > > > iBecause I can get it to work by just restarting dhclient after it time > > > out, I figured I would try to earn my kernel hacker merit badge and > > > figure out what's going on. No joy so far. It's got to be some sort of > > > timing problem but I'm at a loss. Anybody got a clue to offer? > > > > There's a report of this problem from August [1]. > > > > I've got a similar problem with the 3c940 on an Asus P4P800 > > motherboard: it will not pick up an IPv6 address using rtsol *unless* > > the interface is put into promiscuous mode ("tcpdump -n -i sk0" works > > well). > > > > Wilko Bulte wrote [2] that there are pending patches that deal with > > promiscuous mode; I'm hoping that these will fix this problem. > > I can send the patches that were sent to me if people want to test them, > just lemme know. I'll give them a try if you can either send them to the above address or pass a web/ftp site where I can pick them up. Thanks a bunch. > > -- > | / o / /_ _ > |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Derek Tattersall dlt@mebtel.net