Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: PCI NCR875 Detection breakage? | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | 01 May 1998 13:52:40 +0200 |
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"David S. Miller" <davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com> writes:
> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 16:51:21 -0400 (EDT) > From: "Phil's Kernel Account" <kernel@eiterra.nls.net> > > Now, I've never seen this 'whitehole' thing. I suspect it has > something to do with the DC390F. > > Nope, it's a virtual networking interface used by the routing code > when a route to a destination goes down and there are a few packets > left queued to there, in such a situation the whitehole device becomes > the destination.
Umm, I always was unter the impression that it was a primitive packet generator. Anyways if it is used for something real (not profiling) it should be fixed, otherwise the people using "193.233.7.21" and "193.233.7.10" might not be happy someday...
-Andi
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