static ARP entries in NetBSD 5?

[Emmanuel Dreyfus]

Hello

It seems that NetBSD 5.0 is not able to get a static arp
eentry anymore:

I pick up an entry in my ARP table and delete it before
adding it with arp -s, and I get a log from the kernel:
arp_rtrequest: bad gateway value

Since I used an arp entry that was already in the table,
I am quite confident that the host is indeed reachable on
that interface.

Is this a known problem? How am I supposed to add a
static ARP entry in NetBSD 5.0?

[David Young]

Post by Emmanuel Dreyfus
Hello
It seems that NetBSD 5.0 is not able to get a static arp
I pick up an entry in my ARP table and delete it before
arp_rtrequest: bad gateway value

I may have introduced a bug in the kernel. Will you try this patch?

ftp://cuw.ojctech.com/users/netbsd-86cd7b87/if_arp.patch

Dave

[Emmanuel Dreyfus]

Post by David Young
I may have introduced a bug in the kernel. Will you try this patch?
ftp://cuw.ojctech.com/users/netbsd-86cd7b87/if_arp.patch

After I discovered it was Xen related, I reposted in port-xen, so
let us followup there

[David Young]

Post by Emmanuel Dreyfus

Post by David Young
I may have introduced a bug in the kernel. Will you try this patch?
ftp://cuw.ojctech.com/users/netbsd-86cd7b87/if_arp.patch

After I discovered it was Xen related, I reposted in port-xen, so
let us followup there

I think that the bug is related to unusually long interface names such
as xennet0. Please try the patch that I mention, above.

Dave

[Emmanuel Dreyfus]

Post by David Young
I think that the bug is related to unusually long interface names such
as xennet0. Please try the patch that I mention, above.

It works fine with your patch.