Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Apr 1997 23:09:31 -0700 (PDT) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: general protection in 2.0.30 |
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On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: > From: Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net> > GP from Linux 2.0.30. This machine is a heavy dialup server (32 ports) > as well as squid/sendmail/web/etc. > Are you using any sort of modules at all?
Yes. eql, ppp, slhc and ip_alias are currently modules.
> And what kind of serial driver are you using? The standard "dumb" > serial card? Cyclades? Rocketport? Digiboard? etc.....
Standard serial driver (2 x 2016's).
IMHO the setserial with multiport support (2.12) should be pushed as standard. I've been using it for almost 2(?) years now. Every vendor seems to still be shipping 2.10.
> Are you perchance using ppp as a module? It looks like the crash > happened inside the ppp line discpline, which was loaded as a module. > Does this match with your system configuration?
Yes.
> If so, try compiling ppp into the kernel, instead of using it as a > module.
Does the static limit on ppp devices still exist with ppp compiled into the kernel? This is mainly why I compiled it as a module. We have 32 ports on one box and 64 on another.
> Given that you have a dedicated dialup server, it's a really good idea > just in general
Why?
> and it'll help with the debugging process.
Yes, but isn't there *any* way to get debugging info from modules? :-/
-Dan
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