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Re: 2^32-1 eepro "bug" was: IP_MASQ:could not get free masq entry(free=3

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Subject: Re: 2^32-1 eepro "bug" was: IP_MASQ:could not get free masq entry(free=31894).
From: "Hendrik Thiel" <thiel@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 10:00:48 +0100
yes, with the difference that there were no problems with 2.2.17 kernels. We
reached the 2^32-1
limit and nothing happens. No reboot necessary. Everything still works
fine...

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Von: Joseph Mack <mack.joseph@xxxxxxx>
An: lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
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Datum: Mittwoch, 21. November 2001 14:35
Betreff: Re: 2^32-1 eepro "bug" was: IP_MASQ:could not get free masq
entry(free=31894).


>Hendrik Thiel wrote:
>>
>> I found this very interessting. we using lvs with eepro cards (kernel
>> 2.2.17) and encountered a TX packets value stopping at 2147483647
(2^32-1)
>> thats what ifconfig tells...the system still runs fine ...
>>
>> it seems to be a ifconfig Bug...
>
>it's been reported for the eepro100 before
>
>
>http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/Joseph.Mack/HOWTO/LVS-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.
23
>
>Joe
>
>--
>Joseph Mack PhD, Senior Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin
>contractor to the National Environmental Supercomputer Center,
>mailto:mack.joseph@xxxxxxx ph# 919-541-0007, RTP, NC, USA



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