Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:27:04 -0700 From: "Li, Qing" <qing.li@bluecoat.com> To: "Alexander Motin" <mav@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-net <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: Point-to-Point interfaces regressions Message-ID: <B583FBF374231F4A89607B4D08578A4305699AA6@bcs-mail03.internal.cacheflow.com> In-Reply-To: <4ABC6E7C.80305@FreeBSD.org> References: <4ABBAC87.4040306@FreeBSD.org> <B583FBF374231F4A89607B4D08578A430569985B@bcs-mail03.internal.cacheflow.com> <4ABBE5C6.6070707@FreeBSD.org> <B583FBF374231F4A89607B4D08578A43056998A4@bcs-mail03.internal.cacheflow.com> <4ABC6E7C.80305@FreeBSD.org>
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>=20 > Li, Qing wrote: > >> Me and many other people running net/mpd handling thousands of PtP > >> interfaces sharing local addresses with each other and with some > >> Ethernet interface. This change makes such setup inoperable, as mpd > >> will constantly receive errors while trying to set addresses and > >> drop connections. > > > > I can revert to the old behavior. I asked for feedback and received > > none at the time ... >=20 > I would like to see it working, but working correctly. If it is not > possible to implement it correctly - then reverted, or at least > disabled > by default. >=20 Asking for compatibility is reasonable but the existing packet=20 leaking behavior is incorrect. =20 After reviewing the previous thread on this topic back in July, I see that Henri Hennebert requested this feature for IPv6. I intend to introduce a sysctl variable to control whether loopback route should be installed for the local end point. By default the old behavior maintained. -- Qing
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