[Bridge] Re: Problem in changed VLAN code can cause systems to hang.

[Ben Greear]

shemminger at osdl.org wrote:
>>On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 15:16:33 +0200
>>Mark Ruijter <bridge at siennax.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I noticed that the VLAN code of kernels >=2.6.8 contain the patch needed
>>>to mirror link state information from the real device to the vlan
>>>device.
>>>
>>>This however causes the system to hang in combination with net-snmpd.
>>>The last thing that I see is an ioctl(0x8947...
>>
>>What kind of ethernet devices do you have making use of VLAN?
> 
> 
> I suspect the underlying device doesn't support mii interface.
> If that is true, then the code is doing the right thing (and net-snmp)
> is being too dependant on MII.

Why would it cause a hang though?  I would expect net-snmp to immediately
fail the IOCTL and continue on it's merry way.

Ben

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