Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:10:28 GMT From: Olafur Osvaldsson <oli@rhnet.is> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: scottl@samsco.org Subject: kern/120533: Multicast not accepted on bce devices Message-ID: <200802111310.m1BDAS7k016873@virvir.rhnet.is> Resent-Message-ID: <200802111320.m1BDK1ZT021647@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 120533 >Category: kern >Synopsis: Multicast not accepted on bce devices >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Feb 11 13:20:01 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Olafur Osvaldsson >Release: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p10 i386 >Organization: RHnet >Environment: System: FreeBSD virvir.rhnet.is 6.2-RELEASE-p10 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p10 #2: Sun Feb 10 23:19:45 GMT 2008 root@virvir.rhnet.is:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/RHNET i386 >Description: It seems that the bce network device does not accept multicast packets by default and therefor rendering things like OSPF unusable. It on the other hand seems to send multicast packets just fine. The problem by what I have seen was seen as early as 2006 and discussed on freebsd-current: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2006-November/067220.html Where Scott Long (Cc'd) reported that he had added this to his TODO list. It even looks to be the same problem as kern/117456 wich is marked as resolved >How-To-Repeat: Try receiving any multicast traffic on a bce interface. Like installing quagga and set up ospf. >Fix: Putting the interface in Promisc mode makes the problem vanish, the attached patch is another workaround. --- sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c.orig Mon Feb 11 12:41:34 2008 +++ sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c Sun Feb 10 22:25:06 2008 @@ -714,6 +714,7 @@ ifp->if_softc = sc; if_initname(ifp, device_get_name(dev), device_get_unit(dev)); ifp->if_flags = IFF_BROADCAST | IFF_SIMPLEX | IFF_MULTICAST; + ifp->if_flags |= IFF_ALLMULTI; /* Multicast bug workaround */ ifp->if_ioctl = bce_ioctl; ifp->if_start = bce_start; ifp->if_timer = 0; >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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