Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 23:03:42 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Derek Tattersall <dlt@mebtel.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sk0 and dhclient Message-ID: <20031215220342.GA14640@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20031215215258.GA25570@mebtel.net> References: <20031213122314.GV13101@mindwipe.org> <20031214001656.GA12744@mebtel.net> <20031215181016.GN55744@robson.dyaptive.com> <20031215190652.GA13373@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20031215215258.GA25570@mebtel.net>
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I bounced the original patch submission to -current for all to
play with.
Please let me know if it changes^Wimproves things for you.
Wilko
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 04:52:58PM -0500, Derek Tattersall wrote:
> * Wilko Bulte (wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) [031215 16:48]:
> > Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 20:06:52 +0100
> > From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
> > To: Hugh Brown <hbrown@dyaptive.com>
> > Message-ID: <20031215190652.GA13373@freebie.xs4all.nl>
> > User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i
> > Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
> > Cc: Marcus Larsson <kore@mindwipe.org>
> > 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.
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