Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: stable kernel, when? | Date | Mon, 27 Jan 1997 21:02:29 +0000 (GMT) |
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> Another bug seems to be related to the firewall packet logging when > the machine can't write the log fast enough. Flood ping the machine > from a local Ethernet (luckily a 64kbit/s BRI doesn't seem to be > fast enough) crashes the machine reliably. Aside of the the way
Thats odd. I test that by flood pinging and otherwise bombing 2.0.x boxes over 10baseT. 2.1 cleans this up with a netlink device that allows you to receive the packets that the firewall bounces
> the kernel accounting of packets is implemented is more or less > a bad joke performancewise.
Its designed for up to about 100 entries. I'd measure its performance before assuming its a joke BTW. It works fine
Alan
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