Re: The Deadly `ping -f'
Greg Zornetzer (gaz@andrew.cmu.edu)
Mon, 19 Apr 1999 17:40:45 -0400 (EDT)
On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Taneli Vahakangas wrote:
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> Then it must be both drivers ... I just tried ne2k-pci and couldn't
> reproduce the mysterious crashing, so this would hint towards 3c509 and
> eexpress being broken. BTW, 3c509 does not use 82586, but you probably
> already knew that.
>
> Do people with different NICs have problems in SMP configurations?
I tried to reproduce the problem with an SMP machine with a 3c590 that I
have access to, but since the other machines connected to the hub were old
macs (that just drop flood pings), I can't be totally sure that the test
was valid - in any case, multiple flood pings didn't cause a problem.
>
> Taneli <taneli@firmament.fi>
>
>
>
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