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Date:      Sun, 14 Jun 1998 13:02:44 -0700
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        peter@netplex.com.au
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: if_simloop: can't handle af=0 
Message-ID:  <199806142002.NAA07854@austin.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <199806140927.RAA03185@spinner.netplex.com.au>
References:  <199806140927.RAA03185@spinner.netplex.com.au>

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In article <199806140927.RAA03185@spinner.netplex.com.au>,
Peter Wemm  <peter@netplex.com.au> wrote:
> Warner Losh wrote:
> > In message <Pine.GSO.3.96.980613234028.17153A-100000@echonyc.com> Snob Art Ge
>     nre writes:
> > : My -current kernel from about 2 this afternoon seems to be falling
> > : through the switch statement in net/if_loop.c to the default label --
> > : the address family variable is apparently set to 0 (AF_UNSPEC?). 
> > 
> > I'm seeing the same thing on my laptop (a libretto with an 3C589D).
> 
> It would seem that something is trying to transmit to an address that
> doesn't have an address...

No, it was coming from the ARP code, where the address family was
explicitly being set to AF_UNSPEC.  I think (but didn't check
carefully) that the address at that point is a link-level address.
--
   John Polstra                                       jdp@polstra.com
   John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                Seattle, Washington USA
   "Self-knowledge is always bad news."                 -- John Barth

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