Maybe a workaround would be to add the host prefix of the router loopback in 
the fib?
Eg. 'ip route add <loopback>/32 <iface>'?

Best
ben

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Neale Ranns
> via lists.fd.io
> Sent: jeudi 20 août 2020 08:07
> To: [email protected]; Satya Murthy <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [vpp-dev] ARP resolution from non-connected IP
> 
> 
> There's no way to disable the check. VPP expects the ARP request to have
> only address that belong to the link on which the ARP packet is sent. IMHO
> the sender's behaviour is wrong.
> 
> 
> /neale
> 
> 
> tpyed by my fat tumhbs
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Satya Murthy
> <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 3:03:49 PM
> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Subject: [vpp-dev] ARP resolution from non-connected IP
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> 
> Have a query on the ARP resolution.
> 
> 
> 
> We have a Router and VPP-box connected.
> 
> 
> 
> We are trying to do some peering from router's loopback IP. This loopback
> IP is not in the connected subnet-range.
> 
> Due to this, router is initiating an ARP request with src as non-
> connected-IP in the payload.
> 
> 
> 
> VPP is dropping this ARP request saying "IP4 source address not local to
> subnet".
> 
> 
> 
> In linux and in cisco routers, we have options to allow ARP requests from
> non-connected subnets.
> 
> Is there any workaround in VPP to allow this ARP request.
> 
> 
> 
> Please let us know.
> 
> --
> Thanks & Regards,
> Murthy
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