Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Feb 1998 11:10:56 -0600 | From | Doug Ledford <> | Subject | Re: mysterious 2.0.33 crashes |
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JuanJo Ciarlante wrote: > > On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Doug ``Sherlock'' Ledford wrote: > > >[...] > > > > 1. Disable PCI Bus Optimization (CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE). We already know > >[...] > > 2. Disable the CONFIG_SKB_LARGE option. This is too uniformly established > > in the problem machines not to be suspect. > > > > 3. IF you don't use it, then disable IP_MULTICAST support (although the > > kernel code may be fine for multicast support, individual drivers vary in > > how they handle this option, including some cards just go strictly into > > promisc. > >[...] > > 4. IP_MASQUERADING....well, this has been in there enough to be suspect, > > but we also know that it can work properly. Any problems with this code > > very well may be load/CPU speed/SKB_LARGE combinational dependant. If you > > don't need it, disable it. If you do need it, make sure you've done steps > > 1,2, and 3 to try and make sure this is reliable. > backport 2.1 softirq/refcnt'ed code is not just cut'n-paste, but will do > it if it's worth effort. Is it?
I would wait and see if the suggestions I made help people first before going through the effort. It may be that they don't make any difference, who knows. They were only best guesses based upon the patterns I saw in the .config files.
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