Re: [PATCH v2] net: introduce ip_local_unbindable_ports sysctl

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On Mon,  9 Dec 2019 14:45:30 -0800, Maciej Żenczykowski wrote:
> Example use cases might be:
>  - a port being stolen by the nic for remote serial console, remote
>    power management or some other sort of debugging functionality
>    (crash collection, gdb, direct access to some other microcontroller
>    on the nic or motherboard, remote management of the nic itself).

This use case makes me a little uncomfortable.

Could you elaborate what protocols and products are in need of this
functionality?

Why can't the NIC just get its own IP like it usually does with NCSI?




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