Subject: Re: arp problem
To: Eric Haszlakiewicz <erh@nimenees.com>
From: Andrei Petrov <and@genesyslab.com>
List: current-users
Date: 09/27/2000 10:03:59
On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Eric Haszlakiewicz wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 01:40:29PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > Just tried on a i386, it works as expected. However, it fails on my alpha too,
> > so I guess this is an alpha (or lp64) specific problem.
> yikes. I'm having a hard time believing that arp ever worked on the
> alpha. I'm pretty sure I know what's wrong. (arp binary not padding stuff
> correctly, coupled with kernel arp code not doing bounds checking)
> I'll throw the fix in the tree after I get home and test it (unless
> it's really needed it right away)
>
> eric
>
That's great. Send me a patch, I'll test it.
Andrey