Make sure you have ifp->if_ioctl set to a callout in
your driver which calls ether_ioctl() by default.
ether_ioctl() sets ifp->if_sadl when handling SIOCSIFADDR.

-seanb

On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 10:20:16AM -0500, Nitin P Mahajan wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> 	Yes it's an Ethernet interface.I called the functions mentioned
> by u in the attach function.
> 
> When I do "ifconfig -a" it lists my interface with all the information
> along with the Ethernet address and also the flag UP and RUNNING.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Nitin 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Husemann [mailto:martin@duskware.de] 
> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 8:38 PM
> To: Nitin P Mahajan
> Cc: tech-net@NetBSD.org
> Subject: Re: Arp Resolve
> 
> On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 08:32:50PM +0530, Nitin P Mahajan wrote:
> > I am able to configure the device, but as I try to do ping through it
> I
> > get the message "arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo on txeth0 for
> > 192.168.4.92".
> 
> Is it an ethernet interface? In that case, you should have called
> 
>   if_attach(ifp);
>   ether_ifattach(ifp, sc->sc_enaddr);
> 
> in your attach function. Does "ifconfig -a" list your interface? Does it
> have a "address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx" line listing the hardware ethernet
> address?
> 
> Martin