> Also, in the brand new rarp support, why doesn't the
> kernel put immediately when it hits revarpinput and there is no rarp
> request in progress? I know its kind of neat to support the "arp
> request in rarp packet" stuff, but no one actually ever sends such
> requests. (Indeed, why kernel rarp support in the first place?...)
> 
> Perry

rarp support is used to support nfs diskless operation.

Read diskless(8) for more information.

later,
Adam Glass