Re: SLIP: Kernel Panic

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From: xxmcleis
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 1994 03:49

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In article <2ggh1q$c5@starbug.apana.org.au>, mike@starbug.apana.org.au (Mike Battersby) writes:
>    When running slip, I get kernel panics whenever I try to use a
>largish sized mtu.  I'm running a vanilla pl14, net2d code, on a
>386-40 with 4mb of RAM. The default mtu size for the link I'm running
>(dynamically allocated, I use dip to dial) seems to be 296, but when
>I try to increase this (to, say 1500) I get kernel panics. This happens
>whether or not the link is started with the larger mtu size (at the
>inital ifconfig) or if it is changed later. The kernel message
>tells me that the swapper has been killed, and then panics, with the
>EIP pointing into the do_timer() routine. 
>
>   Anyone have any ideas??
>
>Mike

Is it possible to specify *any* MTU value when initiating a connection,
or must the MTU value match the server's MTU value?

Mike
xxmcleis@indsvax1.indstate.edu

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