> >> I don't see how arping or not can be a driver problem, the driver 
> >> just sends packets queued by the stack, there exists NO 
> mechanism to 
> >> communicate that kind of thing down into the driver, -arp is 
> >> something that must be negotiated in the stack somewhere, 
> as for it 
> >> working with broadcom...
> >> <shrugs>
> >>
> >>
> > except for the system management stuff.

On the bce(9) driver does it display the "MFW" flag during
driver load?  That would indicate whether NC-SI style management
firmware is running which would be unexpected on a NIC card.
If the Intel LOM is connected to a baseboard management controller
or service processor then the BMC or SP are likely generating
the ARP.  What's the source MAC address of the ARP?  Does it
match the LOM's MAC address or the MAC address of any BMC or SP?
The latter would generally be printed on a tag on the system or
perhaps in a BMC setup screen visible during POST.

Dave
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