Re: agr(4) + bridge(4): problems!

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 01:00:44PM +0100, Hugo Silva wrote:
> On 09/27/12 22:23, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> >On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 02:11:11PM +0100, Hugo Silva wrote:
> >>>Even in the case of vlan-on-agr, since most network hardware supports
> >>>vlan decapsulation directly it is probably the case that the agr input
> >>>routine is bypassed.  Unless my head's gone completely wrong this
> >>>morning and I'm thinking of a different kernel.
> >>>
> >>
> >>Ah, I had some hope for VLANs as the configuration with the new
> >>switches will include them.
> >
> >vlan on agr is working fine (with netbsd-6), I'm using it.
> >
> 
> Oh, nice.
> 
> Still it is something that may need to be addressed for users who
> are not using VLANs, correct ? Should I open a PR for this?

You mean, for agr+bridge ?
I suspect link1 is causing the issue you're seeing: without any LACP
negotiation, a packet going out by wm0 will be received on wm1, and
agr has no much way to know that it's receiving its own packet.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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