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Date:      Thu, 06 Nov 2014 05:57:17 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 194857] New: Ping fails after changing the MAC address of the interface
Message-ID:  <bug-194857-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=194857

            Bug ID: 194857
           Summary: Ping fails after changing the MAC address of the
                    interface
           Product: Base System
           Version: 10.0-RELEASE
          Hardware: amd64
                OS: Any
            Status: Needs Triage
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: kern
          Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: praveenchoudary.gokina@emulex.com

Test machine 1: ( sender )

OS:  FreeBSD 10.0

We are using below Emulex skyhawk adapter.

oce0@pci0:4:0:0:        class=0x020000 card=0xe80110df chip=0x072010df rev=0x10
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Emulex Corporation'
    device     = 'OneConnect NIC (Skyhawk)'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet
    bar   [10] = type Prefetchable Memory, range 64, base 0xfb340000, size
16384, enabled
    bar   [18] = type Prefetchable Memory, range 64, base 0xfb320000, size
131072, enabled
    bar   [20] = type Prefetchable Memory, range 64, base 0xfb300000, size
131072, enabled


Test machine 2:  ( receiver )

OS:  FreeBSD 10.0

We are using below Emulex skyhawk adapter.

oce0@pci0:4:0:0:        class=0x020000 card=0xe80110df chip=0x072010df rev=0x10
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Emulex Corporation'
    device     = 'OneConnect NIC (Skyhawk)'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet
    bar   [10] = type Prefetchable Memory, range 64, base 0xfb340000, size
16384, enabled
    bar   [18] = type Prefetchable Memory, range 64, base 0xfb320000, size
131072, enabled
    bar   [20] = type Prefetchable Memory, range 64, base 0xfb300000, size
131072, enabled


Steps to Reproduce:

1.  Both the above cards are connected directly without switch.

2.  Configure interfaces.

3.  Issue ping on Machine 1 ( sender ).  It is able to ping receiver.

4. While ping continues, on Machine 1 (sender), change MAC addr

Original MAC:  00:90:fa:6c:18:08

Changed MAC using "ifconfig oce0 ether ab:90:fa:6c:18:08"

Changed first two bits 00 => ab.

5. Ping stops working.

6. In tcpdump if we see, it still shows old mac address.

We are observing this behavior even with other adapters like Intel

igb0@pci0:2:0:0:        class=0x020000 card=0x152115d9 chip=0x15218086 rev=0x01
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = 'I350 Gigabit Network Connection'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet
    bar   [10] = type Memory, range 32, base rxfbc20000, size 131072, enabled
    bar   [18] = type I/O Port, range 32, base rxe020, size 32, enabled
    bar   [1c] = type Memory, range 32, base rxfbc44000, size 16384, enabled

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