From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 4 18:02:45 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A63421065672; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 18:02:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.251]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 497F68FC14; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 18:02:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id d14so1980787and.13 for ; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:02:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=nW2y9miyQG490lK3r5Hz/zsMeT4ll/Thdnur0HzXvzQ=; b=YgnmmpHzhXkNzAcISQByJ/3LPTeG9DhOhGsk72lmFsBLzTSkaP0Y7YbqhB5nqxzIEk 5ytBDUlJggjsmovvHu9XlsB7EKMMpTkso1lneahcGWSu+NB9Rr9pNiL64vCu6BmzNbSV guJkDiVa4SMGfZWnFuTrkOGM/+n3lpW/DEuD0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=GlU0LZY7xfa9GqCcFCMVlMQeBw6KvcZpD4N08TzKQArtFcY8AjtqKiQJisFQzzoBDE fDhXMyx2rjk7gmMxIyh/24w2AQVPNxyr+PkSGUlcVR9R2F+etSJohzoh40fqGOmjxvax fUpSXZq6n+RJzSfzlGlfjPfQiZJOJzOdC8uDI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.254.15 with SMTP id b15mr9307694ani.27.1249408964390; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:02:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A786E80.5020201@elischer.org> References: <4A773D09.3030404@delphij.net> <2a41acea0908041011kaba6ab0ra6fec3b309fc42ef@mail.gmail.com> <4A786E80.5020201@elischer.org> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 11:02:44 -0700 Message-ID: <2a41acea0908041102h4249faa4r8db4f9178f0ca172@mail.gmail.com> From: Jack Vogel To: Julian Elischer Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Jack F Vogel , freebsd-net@freebsd.org, d@delphij.net Subject: Re: em(4): sending ARP regardless of NOARP flag 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: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:02:46 -0000 Ya, except that's when the hardware 'eats' the arp that the OS sends, not one where it sends one the OS doesn't want :) This is the first I've even heard of this option, but I can't see how its a driver thing, either the stack sends an arp packet or it doesnt, right? jack On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Julian Elischer wrote: > Jack Vogel wrote: > >> I don't see how arping or not can be a driver problem, the driver just >> sends >> packets queued by the stack, there exists NO mechanism to communicate >> that kind of thing down into the driver, -arp is something that must be >> negotiated in the stack somewhere, as for it working with broadcom... >> >> >> > except for the system management stuff. >