Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161263AbWJKXqG (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:46:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161281AbWJKXqG (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:46:06 -0400 Received: from mx2.netapp.com ([216.240.18.37]:59728 "EHLO mx2.netapp.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161263AbWJKXqD (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:46:03 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.09,296,1157353200"; d="scan'208"; a="417174025:sNHT78614988" Subject: Re: [patch 03/19] SUNRPC: avoid choosing an IPMI port for RPC traffic From: Trond Myklebust To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: Greg KH , 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 In-Reply-To: References: <20061010165621.394703368@quad.kroah.org> <20061010171429.GD6339@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Network Appliance Inc Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:45:53 -0400 Message-Id: <1160610353.7015.8.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Oct 2006 23:46:13.0582 (UTC) FILETIME=[6FA4DEE0:01C6ED8F] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 991 Lines: 25 On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 20:59 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >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' Feel free to tell the board manufacturers that they are idiots, and should not design boards that hijack specific ports without providing the O/S with any means of detecting this, but in the meantime, it _is_ the case that they are doing this. Cheers, Trond - 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/