Re: NetBSD 9.0 not properly configuring NIC

[Rocky Hotas <rockyhotas%firemail.cc@localhost>]

As further information, this is the curious result of a `tcpdump -i nfe0
-v' run on NetBSD 9.0, in `no carrier' condition:


20:22:10.761749 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 1, id 52845, offset 0, flags [DF], 
proto UDP (17), length 226)
    192.168.1.30.vcom-tunnel > 224.0.0.7.vcom-tunnel: UDP, length 198

tcpdump: listening on nfe0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 
262144 bytes
20:26:59.021917 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 1, id 24432, offset 0, flags [DF], 
proto UDP (17), length 226)
    192.168.1.30.vcom-tunnel > 224.0.0.7.vcom-tunnel: UDP, length 198

1 packet captured
171 packets received by filter
0 packets dropped by kernel


I think it is a broadcasting package from another host in the LAN. I
ran this `tcpdump' at least two times, and this was the one and only
package captured each time. Of course, I was expecting no packages.
The issues with the NIC are the same if I configure it with a static IP
(configuration succeeds, but `ifconfig -a' shows `no carrier') or with
DHCP (configuration waits for the carrier and it fails after a timeout).