Messages in this thread | | | From | Eric.Schenk@dna ... | Subject | Re: kerneld/multicast bug (tickled by gated) | Date | Sun, 15 Jun 1997 19:32:29 +0200 |
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Andi Kleen <andi@mind.aec.at> writes: >skh@merit.edu writes: >> It's not clear that we want to disable pppd in that way >> for general use with gated. Perhaps, if I mentioned that >> the specific call is related to the IP multicast additions >> it would help. Also, when we disabled kerneld (i'm not sure of >> the terminology here.. so please pardon my newbie language).. >> the hangs stopped. >> >> Does the linux kernel handle multicast groups being set across >> ppp links? Thank-you for your quick response.
>could you try this patch please. It just prevents multicast addresses >from being sent to kerneld. The general request-route mechanism is very >flakey, so it's the best to disable it altogether. There exist userspace >solutions (for example diald) that work better. Anyways, this patch >should help.
Let me back this up. Don't worry about the request-route mechanism being disabled. In fact, it has been removed from the current development kernels, and those of us maintaining the networking code for Linux generally agree that it was a mistake. There is no problem using ppp without this mechanism, and if users want dial on demand there are at least two better alternatives: diald, and the latest release of pppd-2.3. Which you prefer depends on how much configurability you need, and whether you need to support dynamic IP addresses.
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