nve0: device timeout (1)

[Kevin Oberman]

> Turning off the watchdog timer in the source may work around the
> problem. It's probably not a real fix, but, if it works...
>  *** if_nve.c    25 Dec 2005 21:57:03 -0000      1.7.2.8
> --- if_nve.c    5 Jan 2006 00:12:45 -0000
> ***************
> *** 943,949 ****
>                         return;
>                 }
>                 /* Set watchdog timer. */
> !               ifp->if_timer = 8;
> 
>                 /* Copy packet to BPF tap */
>                 BPF_MTAP(ifp, m0);
> --- 943,949 ----
>                         return;
>                 }
>                 /* Set watchdog timer. */
> !               ifp->if_timer = 0;
> 
>                 /* Copy packet to BPF tap */
>                 BPF_MTAP(ifp, m0); 

I must apologize. This patch is from David G. Lawrence of Download
Technologies. He posted Saturday in a thread titled "nve timeout (and
down) regression?"
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
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