Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Jun 2006 10:31:29 +0200 | From | juampe <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 06/13] USBATM: shutdown open connections when disconnected |
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juampe wrote: >> This patch causes vcc_release_async to be applied to any *open >> ** v*cc's when the modem is *disconnected*. >> > > > >> Unfortunately this patch may create problems >> for those rare users like me who use routed IP or some other >> non-ppp connection method that goes via the ATM ARP daemon: the >> daemon is buggy, and with this patch will crash when the modem >> is *disconnected*. Users with a buggy atmarpd can simply restart >> it after disconnecting the modem. >> > > First i must thanks all effort in usbatm development. > IMHO New fatures to a driver that works well and can block the use, > especially if it can disable internet access and the problem is know, > MUST be disabled by default or provide a mechanism to disable it. > > I'm a rare user with routed IP and this patch blocks the normal use of internet > I dont understand how this patch can be accepted for a stable release without > any kind of disable mechanism. > > Yeah, i know that atmarp is buggy, but before speedtouch driver and atm works well during months. > > Best Regards. > Juampe. > > > I really sorry, this is a patch to 2.6.16 and this kernel version works well the speedtouch driver. I have problems with 2.6.17 and the speedtocuh driver block the conection at some point that i can't locate.
wave:~# atmdiag Itf TX_okay TX_err RX_okay RX_err RX_drop 0 AAL0 0 0 0 0 0 AAL5 266537 0 198023 1 0
RX cells don't increment, AFAIK the driver don't manage incoming ATM cells
How i can dig more into this issue in order to extract relevant information for a bug report?.
Best Regards Juampe.
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