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[Linus.Torvalds@cs.Helsinki.FI: Re: Bug in linux kernel 1.1.65]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (nocturne@MIT.EDU)
Thu Nov 24 11:49:37 1994
From: nocturne@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1994 11:49:34 -0500
To: linux-dev-mtg@charon.MIT.EDU
Here's the patch that fixes the bug I found in 1.1.65.... Whee.
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1994 10:40:09 +0200
From: Linus Torvalds <Linus.Torvalds@cs.Helsinki.FI>
In-Reply-To: nocturne@MIT.EDU's message as of Nov 24, 1:48
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To: nocturne@MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Bug in linux kernel 1.1.65
nocturne@MIT.EDU: "Bug in linux kernel 1.1.65" (Nov 24, 1:48):
>
> Hello. I have been observing a consistent bug in my network interactions,
> which seems to be caused by network changes between the 1.1.64 linux kernel
> and the 1.1.65 linux kernel.
Ok, Alan already had found it: patch enclosed (byte-order problem as
suspected):
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--- devinet.c~ Wed Nov 23 19:09:10 1994
+++ devinet.c Wed Nov 23 19:09:10 1994
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
return IS_BROADCAST;
}
}
- if(IN_MULTICAST(addr))
+ if(IN_MULTICAST(ntohl(addr)))
return IS_MULTICAST;
return 0; /* no match at all */
}
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That should fix it,
Linus
