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From: ortmann@plains.NoDak.edu (Daniel Ortmann)
Subject: Re: PPP crashes on 2.0.
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Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 03:10:53 GMT
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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 received the patch to if_ppp.c that was posted a few weeks ago from
a kind Usenet'ter. I have been running it all evening and have not
had the slightest problem. Here it is:
From jhupp@Gensys.com Mon Dec 19 04:32:43 1994
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From: Jeff Hupp <jhupp@Gensys.com>
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To: ortmann@plains.NoDak.edu (Daniel Ortmann)
Subject: Re: Modem stuff and PPP crashes
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
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In article <D10tII.Dty@ns1.nodak.edu> you scratched:
:In article <GENE.94Dec13192705@starkhome.cs.sunysb.edu>,
:Gene Stark <gene@starkhome.cs.sunysb.edu> wrote:
:>In article <D0oKCt.ntA@ns1.nodak.edu> ortmann@plains.NoDak.edu (Daniel Ortmann) writes:
:Unfortunately my news server seems to have swallowed the articles dealing
:with the problem.
:1) Did someone actually resolve the problems with the PPP related crashes?
Below is the PPP fix:
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
--
Jeff Hupp <Jhupp@gensys.com, root@gensys.com>
Finger Jhupp@gensys.com for PGP Public Key.
Is this a video game or are we killing people?