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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex!convex!iphase.com!mark From: mark@iphase.com (Mark Veteikis) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: PPP crashes on 2.0. Date: 15 Dec 1994 17:11:21 GMT Organization: Interphase Corporation, Dallas TX. Lines: 44 Message-ID: <3cptbp$re8@que.iphase.com> References: <3cmvhn$8jn@shore.shore.net> <3cpchc$60g@guillotine.mtl.dmr.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: mark@wildcat.iphase.com In article <3cpchc$60g@guillotine.mtl.dmr.ca>, Jean-Pierre Lamarche <lamarcjp@dmr.ca> wrote: >witr@rwwa.com (Robert Withrow) wrote: >> >> I hate to bring this up, but (after reading the faq) I don't >> think I ``qualify'' for using -current, but these PPP crashes >> are keeping me from being able to use 2.0. Is there some >> other way to get the PPP ``patches''? >> >> I tried using the if_ppp.c from -current, but it causes link-time >> errors for the kernel... > >What do you mean by PPP crash? > >Does ppp stop working or does your system crash. > >Ever since we upgraded our gateway to Freebsd2.0 two weeks ago our >system crashes once to twince a day. It simply reboot without any >messages in /var/log/messages to give us a clue of any kind. We have >a 28 800 ppp link with our provider and 4 slip links available for >our users. > >I have been unable to do anything about it so far... I run a "stock" 2.0R and experienced the crashes. This single line fix (courtesy Terry Lambert/Gene Stark) has resolved all PPP panics.. *** if_ppp.c.orig Tue Nov 22 07:38:43 1994 --- if_ppp.c Tue Nov 22 07:39:17 1994 *************** *** 432,437 **** --- 432,438 ---- m_freem(m0); return (ENOBUFS); } + m->m_len = 0; if (uio->uio_resid >= MCLBYTES / 2) MCLGET(m, M_DONTWAIT); len = M_TRAILINGSPACE(m); -- Mark Veteikis mark@iphase.com 1-214-919-9257 Interphase Corp. 13800 Senlac Dallas Tx. 75234