Mark ARP request broadcasts as such in the mbuf flags. FreeBSD and NetBSD both have this.
Without this, bridge_output() drops ARP request broadcasts on interfaces without the discover flag: if ((p->bif_flags & IFBIF_DISCOVER) == 0 && (m->m_flags & (M_BCAST | M_MCAST)) == 0) continue; Index: if_ether.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/netinet/if_ether.c,v retrieving revision 1.88 diff -u -r1.88 if_ether.c --- if_ether.c 22 Jul 2010 00:41:55 -0000 1.88 +++ if_ether.c 26 Jun 2011 17:30:29 -0000 @@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ bcopy((caddr_t)tip, (caddr_t)ea->arp_tpa, sizeof(ea->arp_tpa)); sa.sa_family = pseudo_AF_HDRCMPLT; sa.sa_len = sizeof(sa); + m->m_flags |= M_BCAST; (*ifp->if_output)(ifp, m, &sa, (struct rtentry *)0); } @@ -994,6 +995,7 @@ sizeof(ea->arp_tha)); sa.sa_family = pseudo_AF_HDRCMPLT; sa.sa_len = sizeof(sa); + m->m_flags |= M_BCAST; ifp->if_output(ifp, m, &sa, (struct rtentry *)0); }