>[...]
>
> 1. Disable PCI Bus Optimization (CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE). We already know
>[...]
> 2. Disable the CONFIG_SKB_LARGE option. This is too uniformly established
> in the problem machines not to be suspect.
>
> 3. IF you don't use it, then disable IP_MULTICAST support (although the
> kernel code may be fine for multicast support, individual drivers vary in
> how they handle this option, including some cards just go strictly into
> promisc.
>[...]
> 4. IP_MASQUERADING....well, this has been in there enough to be suspect,
> but we also know that it can work properly. Any problems with this code
> very well may be load/CPU speed/SKB_LARGE combinational dependant. If you
> don't need it, disable it. If you do need it, make sure you've done steps
> 1,2, and 3 to try and make sure this is reliable.
backport 2.1 softirq/refcnt'ed code is not just cut'n-paste, but will do
it if it's worth effort. Is it?
-- Juanjo http://juanjox.home.ml.org
Yo don't need an hologram to know...
Nor you need to sell your brain to anyone.
Yo can feel it. It's Linux.
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