[Bridge] hw checksum problems

[Gergely Madarasz]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 12:35:48PM +0200, Hannes Schulz wrote:
> >> Oh, I forgot :) The kernel is 2.4.22 with the execshield patch. The cards
> >> work nicely when there is no bridge. One more specific info: when 
> >> bridged,
> >> under normal circumstances the hme port is in blocking state (it should
> >> start forwarding only if the tg3 link is down).
> 
> 
> There are 2 patches regarding bridging:
> 
> shemminger	1.1109.2.4 
> 	[BRIDGE]: Clear hw checksum flags when bridging.
> karlis	1.1063.40.5	[BRIDGE]: kfree --> kfree_skb.
> [these are messages from the bitkeeper log]
> 
> Both of them are in 2.4.23pre4. Either retry with 2.4.23pre4 or apply 
> those patches manually. I think you mentioned that you have applied 
> the first patch. The second patch fixed a memory corruption problem. 
> I have a bridged environment and *no* problems with it.

Thanks, so far it seems my problem has been fixed (2.4.23pre7 installed
now). My machine survived a ping -s 2000 -f <broadcastaddr> ;). 2.4.22
crashed instantly from this command :).

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