The message in question can be extremely useful in case there is IP address
clash on the local network. I suggest we just change the code in question to
ignore clashes over 0.0.0.0 address only.
On 07-Apr-00 Donn Miller wrote:
> Since I started using a cable modem and dhclient, my system has been
> literally overwhelmed with messages like:
>
> /kernel: arp: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx is using my IP address 0.0.0.0!
>
> Man, these messages were pouring out of syslogd like mad, and my
> /var/log/messages* files had to be deleted, because they were growing
> so huge. There were literally hundreds of these messages pouring out
> via syslogd per second, and they were coming non-stop. There were so
> many messages coming out, my hard drive was overwhelmed until dhclient
> finally obtain/ed a lease. That said, I suggest we make the following
> patch to /sys/netinet/if_ether.c:
>
> --- if_ether.c.orig Wed Mar 29 02:50:39 2000
> +++ if_ether.c Fri Apr 7 11:24:54 2000
> @@ -554,9 +554,9 @@
> return;
> }
> if (isaddr.s_addr == myaddr.s_addr) {
> - log(LOG_ERR,
> + /* log(LOG_ERR,
> "arp: %6D is using my IP address %s!\n",
> - ea->arp_sha, ":", inet_ntoa(isaddr));
> + ea->arp_sha, ":", inet_ntoa(isaddr)); */
> itaddr = myaddr;
> goto reply;
> }
>
>
> - Donn
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Date: 07-Apr-00
Time: 11:49:33
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