Re: Complete lock-up from using pkgsrc/net/darkstat

[Brian Buhrow <buhrow%nfbcal.org@localhost>]

	hello.  I'd be very surprised if the problem is running interfaces in promiscuous mode.
Anyone using bridge(4), or vlans, for example, is runing their interfaces in promiscuous mode,
as is anyone running a dhcp server, or any sort of arpwatch.  I find it highly unlikely that
the network stack is that broken.  I'm guessing it's a memory issue with darkstat --
specifically, it has a memory leak that runs the system it runs on out of RAM.  I bet if you
add a ton of swap to a system on which you run darkstat, you'll find it runs longer before it
hangs, and, I'm guessing you'll notice there is a lot of swap in use before it hangs.  NetBSD
has never been that good at dealing with memoory shortages.

-thanks
-Brian