Re: 2.6.15.1: UDP fragments >27208 bytes lost with ne2k-pci on DP83815

[thockin@hockin.org]

On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 07:07:40PM +0000, Nix wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, thockin@hockin.org prattled cheerily:
> > I've never heard anything like that.  I don't have many of these cards
> > around, but Cobalt shipped tens of thousands, and I don't hear of anything
> > resembling this.
> 
> Ah, it's always nice to be first with a bug.
> 
> Any idea how I could go about diagnosing this? (I'm fairly sure it's
> not the server end that's at fault, because that end is sending to other
> machines fine and was sending to this machine fine before it had a
> motherboard and network card change.)
> 
> I've never really dealt with NIC-layer problems before so I don't know
> what beyond printk() is provided, if anything. (Some clues about where
> to stick the printk()s might be useful too, although I can probably find
> them myself in time).

I can't imagine what kind of hidden bug would lay dormant for 4 years and
then pop up for just one person.  I don't know what I can offer except
extra eyes  to vet any potential solutions.  Happt Hunting.

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