Messages in this thread |  | | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: bad karma with 2.0.1 | Date | Fri, 5 Jul 1996 15:35:00 +0100 (BST) |
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> basically, if an ftp server is running 2.0.1., then it appears that > two people can't download at the same time. > > What _appears_ to happen is : > session #1 bind's 1.2.24.7 port 20 > does a connect to remote ip. > > session #2 attempts to bind 1.2.24.7 port 20. > fails with EADDRINUSE > > This worked prior to 2.0.1 (i.e. 2.0.0). As far as I can see, the old > behaviour was legal. So why is the kernel now denying it??
Linus fix to the tcp hang problem was a little too draconian. Patch that bit of af_inet.c back to 2.0.0 and its ok
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