shemminger@xxxxxxxx wrote: >>On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 15:16:33 +0200 >>Mark Ruijter <bridge@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >>>I noticed that the VLAN code of kernels >=2.6.8 contain the patch needed >>>to mirror link state information from the real device to the vlan >>>device. >>> >>>This however causes the system to hang in combination with net-snmpd. >>>The last thing that I see is an ioctl(0x8947... >> >>What kind of ethernet devices do you have making use of VLAN? > > > I suspect the underlying device doesn't support mii interface. > If that is true, then the code is doing the right thing (and net-snmp) > is being too dependant on MII. Why would it cause a hang though? I would expect net-snmp to immediately fail the IOCTL and continue on it's merry way. Ben > _______________________________________________ > Bridge mailing list > Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge > -- Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com