Subject: Re: How to configure an ethernet interface which has point to point
To: None <tech-net@netbsd.org>
From: mrchit_2000 <luong.ngo@gmail.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 06/15/2007 10:57:26
Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 10:26:02PM -0500, David Young wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 04:54:43PM -0700, mrchit_2000 wrote:
>> > 
>> > Hi all,
>> > 
>> > I am having trouble with bringing up an ethernet interfaces on my
>> system.
>> > Here is my situation. I have a system which have 2 CPU. Each of the CPU
>> has
>> > a MAC interface connected directly to the other via RGMII without phys.
>> This
>> > makes me think this is  a point-to-point link. When configuring the
>> > interfaces on the 2 CPU,  I use ifconfig :
>> >      ifconfig eth2 10.10.10.10 10.10.10.22 netmask 255.255.255.0
>> > 
>> > The interfaces are setup in driver with these flags: IFF_POINTOPOINT,
>> > IFF_NO_ARP, IFF_SIMPLEX and IFF_NOTRAILER. Here is the display when do
>> > ifconfig eth2:
>> 
>> Are you able to modify the driver?  Throughout the ethernet common code,
>> NetBSD will assume a broadcast interface where ARP works.  If you follow
>> the convention, you may have an easier time.
> 
> Or... would arp -s 10.10.10.22 macaddress help you?
> 
> 	-is
> 
> 

I tried ' arp -s 10.10.10.22 macaddress ', it gives me this messages:

arp: writing to routing socket: No such process
arp: 10.10.10.22: No such process

What does it mean?

Thanks,
-Ln

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