Hello!

I have a NetBSD 9.1/amd64 machine running at an ISP under KVM.
/var/log/messages is flooded with lines like

Apr 21 22:36:50 texel /netbsd: [ 789.0834680] in6_setscope: can't set scope
for not loopback interface vioif0 and loopback address ::1
Apr 21 22:36:54 texel /netbsd: [ 793.0880294] in6_setscope: can't set scope
for not loopback interface vioif0 and loopback address ::1
Apr 21 22:36:54 texel /netbsd: [ 793.0880294] in6_setscope: can't set scope
for not loopback interface vioif0 and loopback address ::1
Apr 21 22:37:21 texel /netbsd: [ 820.0887825] in6_setscope: can't set scope
for not loopback interface vioif0 and loopback address ::1

in such high volume, that the file is rotated every 3 to 5 hours.

I am mostly ignorant to everything IPv6, so I have no clue what that
message means, and I was not able to find any enlightenment online. I was
recently informed by my ISP about the following change:

"During this maintenance we will upgrade all our existing core routers as
well as all core switches to a brand new platform built out of multiple
Juniper MX204 core routers and Juniper QFX5120-32C core switches. With
those devices our network will also become 100Gbps capable, making our
network scalable and future ready."

Is this something I can fix from inside the OS? Is my ISP doing something
strange or unexpected? Before I open a ticket with my ISP, I'd like to
understand the problem in terms the ISP might know (they are very
cooperative to allow customers to install NetBSD, but I guess they have no
working experience with it).

The interface is configured like this:

$ ifconfig vioif0
vioif0: flags=0x8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        ec_capabilities=1<VLAN_MTU>
        ec_enabled=0
        address: 00:16:3e:b3:00:8a
        inet 5.2.76.44/24 broadcast 5.2.76.255 flags 0x0
        inet6 fe80::216:3eff:feb3:8a%vioif0/64 flags 0x0 scopeid 0x1


Thanks,
  Joern

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Joern Clausen
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