Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030219AbWJJT3c (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:29:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030221AbWJJT3c (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:29:32 -0400 Received: from mailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.26]:10688 "EHLO mailer.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030219AbWJJT3b (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:29:31 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:59:13 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Greg KH cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, Justin Forbes , Zwane Mwaikambo , "Theodore Ts'o" , Randy Dunlap , Dave Jones , Chuck Wolber , Chris Wedgwood , Michael Krufky , torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, Chuck Lever , Trond Myklebust Subject: Re: [patch 03/19] SUNRPC: avoid choosing an IPMI port for RPC traffic In-Reply-To: <20061010171429.GD6339@kroah.com> Message-ID: References: <20061010165621.394703368@quad.kroah.org> <20061010171429.GD6339@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 658 Lines: 19 >Some hardware uses port 664 for its hardware-based IPMI listener. Teach >the RPC client to avoid using that port by raising the default minimum port >number to 665. Eh, that does look more like a quick hack. What if there were enough manufacturers around to use various parts, like manuf. A using 664, B using 800 and C using 1000? Then the port range would have to be cut down again and again. -`J' -- [A - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/