Subject: Re: which would handle nat better
To: NetBSD/sparc Discussion List <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 09/02/2002 21:33:36
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 12:15:11PM -0400, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> [ On Sunday, September 1, 2002 at 22:07:10 (-0400), Ronald Cotoni wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: which would handle nat better
> >
> > thanks for you guys input :) i needed that info so i could setup a new
> > router cause openbsd has issues with stability on a sparc.
>
> Speaking of stability, well, NetBSD-16 may have some serious stability
> problems on the IPC, if I understand correctly -- i.e. if the IPC has
> the same cache flush problems as the SS-1 and SS-1+ then it'll crash
> larger programs regularly. See the recent "1.6 woes (pmap vs. UBC?)"
> thread.
Yes. However I used one as IPF/NAT router for months without problems.
The stability problem affects userland program; routing happens all in
kernel.
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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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