(usagi-users 02070) Re: Machine crashes when enabling several hundred IPV6ADDR_SECONDARIES addresses on an interface

[Pekka Savola <pekkas@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Yaniv Kaul wrote:
> I've just updated to the latest USAGI snap kit, and the situation has 
> improved:
> Earlier, it used to crash upon installing ~ 245 interfaces (succeeded 
> 240, failed 250...). Now, I managed to load 300 successfully, but trying 
> more (tried 500 and it crashed, did not bother to find out exactly on 
> how many it fails), it seems to crash in the same location:
[...]

As a workaround, you might want to try adding these addresses on a single 
interface instead of aliased ones.  Would that help?

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