netdev - Re: My e1000e GBE card is eating all port 623 pks

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Message-ID: <OF497D4E52.CC9EA3C0-ONC12579EB.0031DCB3-C12579EB.003213E4@transmode.se>
Date:	Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:06:58 +0200
From:	Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se>
To:	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: My e1000e GBE card is eating all port 623 pks

Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com> wrote on 2012/04/24 23:51:28:
>
> On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:31:09 +0200
> Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se> wrote:
>
> > Looks like port 623 is some mgmt protocol and our e1000e boards are eating these
> > pkgs and this trips NIS, finger and yptest hangs for a long time before timing out and
> > moving on.
> >
> > Is there a way to tell the network stack not to eat port 623 pkgs or
> > have NIS not to use port 623?
>
> I think you might be looking for something like portreserve
> (see man portreserve)

Seen portreserve on the web(gentoo does not have it) but it seems like a workaround.
Should not eating port 623 be something one should turn on? Now it is default on
and I cannot find a way to turn it off.

 Jocke

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