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Date:      Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:37:39 -0700
From:      perryh@pluto.rain.com
To:        fli@shapeshifter.se
Cc:        freebsd-usb@freebsd.org, freebsd-net@freebsd.org, pilzableiter@web.de, bug-followup@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: usb/149039: [uhso] Binding problem with uhso
Message-ID:  <4c54ddf3.dbUwkfoxXwnHLLQz%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
In-Reply-To: <201007311310.o6VDA3S6082887@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <201007311310.o6VDA3S6082887@freefall.freebsd.org>

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> The following reply was made to PR usb/149039; it has been noted
> by GNATS.
>
> From: Fredrik Lindberg <fli@shapeshifter.se>
> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, pilzableiter@web.de
> Cc: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net>
> Subject: Re: usb/149039: [uhso] Binding problem with uhso
> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:00:07 +0200
>
>  I apparently missed some interface flags (that really doesn't make
>  sense for this device, it's configured with a /32 mask so broadcast
>  etc can only be to itself) that the network stack wants to work
>  properly.

Is a /32 mask even legal?  Unless there's a special case involved,
it ought to mean that there are no interfaces on the subnet other
than this one, thus this interface has no peer to communicate with
and might as well not exist.

Adding net@ in hopes someone there knows what should happen.



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