On Thu, 12 Nov 1998 05:18:27 -0800 (PST) 
 "Charles M. Hannum" <mycroft@netbsd.org> wrote:

 > This occurs at boot time because the SIOCADDMULTI always resets the interface
 > when adding the `all hosts groups' -- usually while the ARP packet is being
 > transmitted.  All drivers should be fixed to not reset the interface when
 > changing the multicast filter, if possible.

...and media, actually.

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