Re: netbsd-9 ip6 kernel log messages

[Hauke Fath <hf%spg.tu-darmstadt.de@localhost>]

On 2019-08-29 10:43, Robert Elz wrote:
>      Date:        Thu, 29 Aug 2019 09:59:01 +0200
>      From:        Hauke Fath <hf%spg.tu-darmstadt.de@localhost>
>      Message-ID:  <f019b9bc-6305-09a1-00b9-8b4194489a1e%spg.tu-darmstadt.de@localhost>
>
>
>    | What gives you the impression that I did?
>
> I misread your ifconfig output.  Sorry.
>
> But that is what the error message you reported mean, when a loopback
> address is being added to a non-loopback interface, that message is
> logged.   Something is making that happen.

I understand. But in terms of network configuration, this is a very 
plain  setup, just a static ip4 address. Which is why I am left puzzled...

>    | ip6 isn't even configured on the machine.
>
> In terms of addresses, no, but it is enabled, as shown in your
> ifconfig output.

Well, that is what NetBSD does out of the box.

> What is the system's hostname set to?
> And what is in either /etc/ifconfig.voif0 or ifconfig_voif0 (whichever
> you use) [you can drop any v4 addressees, this is a v6 issue.]

# hostname
oak
# cat ifconfig.vioif0
<redacted> netmask 255.255.255.0
#

Cheerio,
hauke

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