misc/127266: gif tunnel error ifconfig: SIOCSIFPHYADDR: Can't assign requested address

[Serg Livitin]

>Number:         127266
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       gif tunnel error ifconfig: SIOCSIFPHYADDR: Can't assign requested address
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Sep 10 08:40:02 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Serg Livitin
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE #0
>Organization:
IT Prof Service
>Environment:
FreeBSD gw.netadmin.ru 6.3-STABLE FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE #0: Tue Sep  9 07:29:31 MSD 2008     root at gw.netadmin.ru:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/krnl2008090900  i386
>Description:
I have two gif-interfaces (gif0 and gif3) and tunnels. All working good. I try to create third gif interface (gif14) and tunnel. There is an error appear, when I try to create tunnel.

my ifconfig:
sis0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        options=8<VLAN_MTU>
        inet 192.168.0.254 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
        ether 00:16:ec:44:e3:a8
        media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
        status: active
xl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        options=9<RXCSUM,VLAN_MTU>
        inet 192.168.1.254 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
        ether 00:04:76:a1:97:ef
        media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
        status: active
fxp0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        options=8<VLAN_MTU>
        inet 79.165.217.154 netmask 0xfffff000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
        ether 00:50:8b:5f:f2:4a
        media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
        status: active
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
        inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
        inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
gif0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
        tunnel inet 79.165.217.154 --> 212.248.60.138
        inet 192.168.0.254 --> 192.168.8.254 netmask 0xffffff00
gif3: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
        tunnel inet 79.165.217.154 --> 81.195.226.74
        inet 192.168.0.254 --> 192.168.2.254 netmask 0xffffff00

[Home]gw# ifconfig gif14 create
[Home]gw# ifconfig gif14 tunnel 79.165.217.154 212.248.60.138
ifconfig: SIOCSIFPHYADDR: Can't assign requested address

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