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DateWed, 09 Apr 2008 12:46:21 -0400
FromJeff Garzik <>
SubjectRe: 2.6.25-rc8: FTP transfer errors
Mark Lord wrote:
> Mark Lord wrote:
>> Today I've been using 2.6.25-rc8 with an old embedded build system here
>> for my empegs.  One shell script calls out to /usr/bin/ftp to transfer
>> an image to a remote system, and then read it back again and compare.
>>
>> The compare is failing, most (but not all) of the time,
>> but only on 2.6.25-rc8, not on 2.6.24.  Verified by switching
>> back and forth between kernel versions for a short spell.
>>
>> The ftp client is netkit-ftp 0.17-16 on Kubuntu feisty.
>>
>> Switching to ncftpput/ncftpget avoids it on 2.6.25,
>> but I wonder where the problem is.
> ..
> 
> Now verified that the data loss occurs in the outbound direction.
> The readback data is the same, regardless of which client s/w is used.
> 
> So something in 2.6.25 is incompatible with the ftp client binary, or libs,
> that are installed here.  Or some other problem.

Or maybe it uses sendfile, and that is broken?

Also, try using ethtool to turn off TSO and/or checksumming on your NIC 
(if it is not wireless), and see if behavior changes...

	Jeff





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