kern/167947: [setfib] [patch] arpresolve checks only the default FIB for the interface route

[Nikolay Denev]

On Jun 12, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Rudolf Polzer <rpolzer at one-it.de> wrote:

> The following reply was made to PR kern/167947; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: Rudolf Polzer <rpolzer at one-it.de>
> To: "bug-followup at FreeBSD.org" <bug-followup at FreeBSD.org>, "ndenev at gmail.com"
> 	<ndenev at gmail.com>
> Cc: "christoph.weber-fahr at vodafone.com" <christoph.weber-fahr at vodafone.com>
> Subject: Re: kern/167947: [setfib] [patch] arpresolve checks only the
> default FIB for the interface route
> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:34:23 +0200
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I had the problem too, and could confirm the fix.
> 
> FreeBSD ********.arcor.net 8.3-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p2 #1: Tue
> Jun 12 09:06:31 CEST 2012  =20
> root@********.arcor.net:/usr/src/sys/amd64/compile/GENERICfib  amd64
> 
> However, the fix ONLY works if using ifconfig ... fib N to set the fib
> for an interface, and not the FreeBSD 7.x method to assign the FIB via
> ipfw rules. Just thought I should mention this - in our case, the
> ifconfig way is the better choice anyway.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Rudolf Polzer=
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Just a ping to see if someone from the network guys can take a look at this :)

P.S.: Yeah, the ipfw way should not work as it doesn't change the fib of the interface.