On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 20:59 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >Some hardware uses port 664 for its hardware-based IPMI listener. Teach
> >the RPC client to avoid using that port by raising the default minimum port
> >number to 665.
>
> Eh, that does look more like a quick hack. What if there were enough
> manufacturers around to use various parts, like manuf. A using 664, B using 800
> and C using 1000? Then the port range would have to be cut down again and
> again.
>
>
> -`J'
Feel free to tell the board manufacturers that they are idiots, and
should not design boards that hijack specific ports without providing
the O/S with any means of detecting this, but in the meantime, it _is_
the case that they are doing this.
Cheers,
Trond
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