Re: net install downloads bootloader program then complains about RARP request?

Stuart Henderson <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.sparc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2012/11/03 21:07, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> Kaya Saman <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > {1} ok boot net bsd.mp
> > Boot device: /pci@1f,700000/network@2  File and args: bsd.mp
> > 100 Mbps full duplex  Link up
> > Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55
> > Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55
> > Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55
> > Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55
> > Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55
> > Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55
> > Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55
> >  >> OpenBSD BOOT 1.4
> > 100 Mbps full duplex  Link up
> > No response for RARP request
> 
> Something odd is going on there.
> 
> The firmware requests the IP address by RARP.  This eventually
> succeeds, but why does it take so many tries?

Is spanning-tree blocking the port for a while after it gets link?
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